Best plug-in plugins for WordPress
The most popular plug-in plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NOAA Weather leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload (40+) and Rebel Cookies Notification (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “plug-in” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 plug-in plugins
- 1.
NOAA WeatherThe most installed plug-in plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 9 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 2.
Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Rebel Cookies Notification10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.
YD Prevent Comment Impersonation10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 5.
WP mail-sending Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 7 plugins tagged “plug-in”
NOAA Weather
Up in the last 7 days:14#11,845by Tim Berneman4 years ago
Get NOAA weather information in the sidebar for your locale. Note that NOAA reports weather for US States, Commonwealths, & Territories only.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload
Up in the last 7 days:403#21,495by a 53 minute production1 month ago
Adds drag and drop multi-file plugin uploads to the Plugins list, installer, and upload result pages in wp-admin.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rebel Cookies Notification
Up in the last 7 days:6,659#37,990by anthony-b11 years ago
Cookies plugin to display notification to users regarding cookie usage.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YD Prevent Comment Impersonation
Down in the last 7 days:27#39,858by Yann at WP&Co15 years ago
This simple WordPress plugin prevents a "non registered" commentator to use the identity (login or e-mail address) of a registered user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP mail-sending Widget
#48,158by prashaddey10 years ago
This is the most lite, SEO friendly and WordPress mail sending widget plug in for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day