Best php plugins for WordPress
The most popular php plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPCode leads with 3M+ active installs, ahead of Code Snippets (1M+) and PHP Compatibility Checker (200K+). All 162 plugins tagged “php” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 php plugins
- 1.
WPCodeThe most installed php plugin, with 3M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,920 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.Code Snippets
1M+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 510 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 3.
PHP Compatibility Checker200K+ active installs. Rated 2.7 from 131 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 4.PHP Code Widget
70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 61 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 5.FluentSnippets
50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 78 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
Woody Code Snippets50K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 221 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.Error Log Monitor
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 48 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 86 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.
WP OPcache10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
WP-Memory-Usage10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 162 plugins tagged “php”

WPCode
#19by Syed Balkhi10 days ago
Easily add code snippets in WordPress. Insert header & footer scripts, add PHP code snippets with conditional logic, insert ads pixel code, and more.
- Installs
- 3M+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.9K)
- Downloads
- 48K/day
Code Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:1#31by Code Snippets Pro2 days ago
Manage custom WordPress code in one dashboard. Create PHP and HTML snippets, preview code, track snippet totals and reuse code across sites.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.7(510)
- Downloads
- 18.4K/day

PHP Compatibility Checker
Up in the last 7 days:2#266by WP Engine3 months ago
Make sure your plugins and themes are compatible with newer PHP versions.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 2.7(131)
- Downloads
- 454/day
PHP Code Widget
Up in the last 7 days:9#576by Samuel Wood (Otto)4 years ago
Like the Text widget, but also allows working PHP code to be inserted.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.7(61)
- Downloads
- 74/day
FluentSnippets
Up in the last 7 days:1#702by WPManageNinja16 days ago
Fast, file-based code snippets plugin. Insert header & footer scripts and add PHP, CSS, JS & HTML snippets with conditional logic. Zero DB queries.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(78)
- Downloads
- 878/day

Woody Code Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:1#710by Themeisle16 days ago
Insert PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, ads & tracking code into WordPress headers, footers, pages & content with conditional logic — no theme editing.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.5(221)
- Downloads
- 684/day
Error Log Monitor
#1,274by Janis Elsts27 days ago
Adds a Dashboard widget that displays the latest messages from your PHP error log. It can also send logged errors to email.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(48)
- Downloads
- 227/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,374by Alex Mills1 year ago
Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. As seen on WordPress.com.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(86)
- Downloads
- 91/day

WP OPcache
#1,799by nierdz1 month ago
Manage OPcache inside your WordPress admin dashboard.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 132/day

WP-Memory-Usage
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,817by berkux2 months ago
Monitor PHP memory usage, set alert thresholds, and diagnose your server configuration — directly inside WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(21)
- Downloads
- 82/day
WP-ServerInfo
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,818by Lester Chan3 months ago
Display your host's PHP, MYSQL, memcached & Redis information on your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 71/day

Custom PHP Settings
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,882by cyclonecode11 months ago
This plugin makes it possible to override php settings.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(15)
- Downloads
- 43/day

CSS & JavaScript Toolbox
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,134by wipeoutmedia2 months ago
Add CSS, JavaScript, PHP and HTML code snippets to your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(84)
- Downloads
- 69/day

Code Block Pro
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,141by Kevin Batdorf2 months ago
Code highlighting powered by the VS Code engine. Performance focused. No bloat.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(50)
- Downloads
- 71/day

ACF Theme Code for Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,161by Aaron Rutley2 years ago
Automatically generate the code needed to implement Advanced Custom Fields in your themes.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(42)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Include Me
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,524by Stefano Lissa9 months ago
Include Me helps to include any external file (textual, HTML or PHP) in posts or pages.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Code Widget
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,738by Sharaz Shahid4 years ago
Code widget help to add Short Code, PHP Code, HTML, and Simple Text in widget.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(35)
- Downloads
- 16/day

WP PHP Version Display
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,884by Arul Prasad J1 year ago
Displays the current running PHP/MySQL version inside "At a Glance" admin dashboard widget.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day

AWEOS PHP Server Info
Down in the last 7 days:33#5,329by AWEOS GmbH2 years ago
Brief dashboard overview. Use this plugin to get all important server and PHP information. Useful tool for developer that need information about their …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Remove Orphan Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:36#6,325by Meks2 years ago
Quickly remove unused (orphan) shortcode tags from your content.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Code Engine
Down in the last 7 days:44#7,333by Jordy Meow14 days ago
Manage PHP & JS snippets the clean way, then turn any function into an AI tool, a workflow step, or a REST endpoint. Write once, use everywhere. 🤟
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 68/day
ACF Enhanced Message Field
Down in the last 7 days:29#8,427by Dreb Bitanghol10 years ago
Adds an enhanced version of the default Message field to accept PHP and certainly no wpauto().
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

BrightLeaf Digital PHP Compatibility Scanner
Up in the last 7 days:37#8,571by BrightLeaf Digital17 days ago
This plugin scans your installed plugins and themes for potential PHP compatibility issues when upgrading to newer PHP versions.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

PHP Browser Detection
Up in the last 7 days:44#8,697by Mindshare Labs, Inc.11 years ago
PHP Browser Detection is a WordPress plugin used to detect a user's browser. Please report any bugs on the support forums.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.1(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day
OPcache Reset
Down in the last 7 days:4#8,716by Danila Vershinin2 months ago
Automatic OPcache reset for WordPress. Invalidates both in-memory and file-based OPCache upon upgrading WordPress.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WPLANG Lite
Down in the last 7 days:14#9,448by Sergey Biryukov14 years ago
Creates a separate tiny .mo file to use on a site front-end.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Widget Entries
Up in the last 7 days:78#10,142by marquex16 years ago
Widget Entries plugin creates the Widget post-type in the administration area to make easier the edition of the text widgets, and it also register a n …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

CompatNav
Up in the last 7 days:771#10,410by COMPATNAV12 days ago
PHP compatibility check before you upgrade: scans every plugin and theme locally and shows what will break on PHP 8.0–8.5.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day
PHP Vitals
Down in the last 7 days:101#10,455by Webslice2 months ago
How fast is your web host? Dozens of PHP speed tests, 1 overall grade: The easy way to compare hosting performance.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
ionCube Tester Plus
Down in the last 7 days:53#10,782by Robert Seyfriedsberger10 months ago
This plugin helps you to determine if the ionCube loaders are installed correctly on your web server. This plugin is sponsored by "Maps Marker Pr …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day

BugFu Console Debugger
Down in the last 7 days:111#10,851by Federico Andrioli3 years ago
Log/Debug the PHP code in your Theme/Plugin with your Browser Console (no extension needed)
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Super Browser Detector
Down in the last 7 days:75#11,662by WP Academic6 years ago
License: GPLv2 or later Super Browser Detector adds PHP user agent information to the body class
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kelkoogroup Salestracking
Up in the last 7 days:86#12,017by kelkoogroup5 days ago
The Kelkoo Group sales tracking plugin is the official Kelkoo Group Plugin for WordPress. It is completely free.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Simple Code Block
Down in the last 7 days:16#12,047by pablocianes6 years ago
A simple block to insert code into Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PHP Server Info
Down in the last 7 days:34#12,176by ray.viljoen15 years ago
A very simple plugin for displaying full PHP Info from within the WordPress Admin menu.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Snippet Vault
Down in the last 7 days:116#13,257by Jordy Meow1 year ago
Versatile plugin that not only manages PHP code snippets but also acts as a powerful bridge connecting WordPress, AI, and external digital platforms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Lazy SEO
Up in the last 7 days:94#13,595by Danny Morris12 years ago
The Lazy SEO plugin will help automatically optimize a site for SEO best practices using a specific set of SEO keywords and locations.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple PHP Info
Down in the last 7 days:113#13,660by Josh Mckibbin1 year ago
Displays the phpinfo() table in the WordPress dashboard and creates a shortcode for use in posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
GenTime
Down in the last 7 days:84#13,722by Sybre Waaijer11 months ago
GenTime accurately shows the page generation time in your WordPress admin bar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Pure PHP Localization
Up in the last 7 days:2#14,857by Sergey Biryukov14 years ago
Converts gettext binary message catalogs to an array of strings.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TP Flatsome Vertical Menu
Down in the last 7 days:19#15,137by pdutie9410 months ago
Plugin Name: TP Flatsome Vertical Menu
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dot html,php,xml etc pages
Up in the last 7 days:126#15,293by karimmughal14 years ago
Dot html,php,xml etc pages This plugin create any format of pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Plus
Up in the last 7 days:61#15,857by Fred Wu16 years ago
Easily post source code such as PHP or HTML and display it in a styled box.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dashboard Server Specs
Up in the last 7 days:161#16,878by Christian Leuenberg6 days ago
Adds a dashboard widget showing server information such as the current PHP version.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
2MB Autocode
Up in the last 7 days:85#16,917by Michael5 years ago
This plugin allows you to place predetermined text/html/php at the top or bottom of posts.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Search Top Bar
Down in the last 7 days:19#16,920by Luisana M.8 years ago
The easiest way to add a top bar with a search and contact module to your website.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DoublewP TCPDF Wrapper
Down in the last 7 days:86#18,451by wpbred6 years ago
A Wordpress wrapper for the popular PHP based TCPDF Library to generate PDF document on the fly.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Composer
Up in the last 7 days:44#18,561by Sean Fisher13 years ago
Adding Composer dependency management to WP CLI.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mobile Friendly Twenty Ten
Down in the last 7 days:130#19,185by shaked694 years ago
Mobile Friendly Twenty Ten helps make websites and blogs running the Twenty Ten Theme - responsive.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hybrid Hook
Down in the last 7 days:26#19,501by Justin Tadlock15 years ago
Allows the addition of HTML, shortcodes, PHP, and/or JavaScript to the Hybrid theme's hooks from the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day