Best peer-review plugins for WordPress
The most popular peer-review plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SimplyConf leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Wisdom Journal Manager (10+) and Reviewer 2 Academic Rejection Stamps & Verdict Widgets (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “peer-review” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 peer-review plugins
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SimplyConfThe most installed peer-review plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Wisdom Journal Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
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Reviewer 2 Academic Rejection Stamps & Verdict WidgetsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “peer-review”
SimplyConf
Up in the last 7 days:801#23,767by Kevon Adonis8 days ago
Manage academic conferences from your WordPress dashboard. Handle abstract submissions, peer reviews, custom fields, and more.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wisdom Journal Manager
Up in the last 7 days:1,113#30,759by Zachary Adam3 months ago
World-class modular academic publishing for WordPress — peer review, submissions, DOI, JATS, citations, REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reviewer 2 Academic Rejection Stamps & Verdict Widgets
#67,920by Reviewer 22 months ago
Add local, privacy-friendly Reviewer 2 verdict cards, stamps, widgets, and shortcodes to academic blogs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day