Best personal plugins for WordPress
The most popular personal plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Personal Email leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of CT Contact (30+) and Sitewide Newsletters (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “personal” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 personal plugins
- 1.Personal Email
The most installed personal plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 2.CT Contact
30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 3.Sitewide Newsletters
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.Bookkeeping
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.CT Social
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 6.Personal Welcome
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 7.UCAS
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 7 plugins tagged “personal”
Personal Email
Down in the last 7 days:139#15,282by Shea Bunge6 years ago
Changes the default address that WordPress uses to send emails to the one set in Settings > General.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 4/day
CT Contact
#24,487by Contempo Creative Inc.10 years ago
Want to display your personal or business contact information? Then this awesome lil' contact widget plugin is for you.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sitewide Newsletters
#29,661by Chris Taylor11 years ago
Sitewide Newsletters is a Wordpress MU plugin that allows site administrators to send an email message to all users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bookkeeping
Up in the last 7 days:1,169#41,433by samwilson8 years ago
A simple personal financial bookkeeping system.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CT Social
Down in the last 7 days:7,530#47,259by Contempo Creative Inc.10 years ago
An awesome social plugin, featuring all of the most popular social sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Personal Welcome
Down in the last 7 days:7,752#48,085by Chris Taylor11 years ago
Personal Welcome is a Wordpress plugin that allows site administrators to create and send personalised welcome messages to new users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
UCAS
Down in the last 7 days:7,240#67,642by moleisking7 years ago
A wordpress plugin that counts the characters and lines for a UCAS personal statement.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day