Best plugins for WordPress
The most popular plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Favicon XT-Manager leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Slug or PostID (600+) and Content text slider on post (300+). All 24 plugins tagged “Plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 plugins
- 1.
Favicon XT-ManagerThe most installed plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 2.
Slug or PostID600+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 3.
Content text slider on post300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 4.
Tabs popular posts and latest posts100+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 5.
Remove Admin Footer and Version100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
WP Lazy Loaded Images20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.0.
- 7.
Name20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.
Simple Debug10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
Skeps Reviews Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 10.
Common Ninja10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.0.
All 24 plugins tagged “Plugin”
Favicon XT-Manager
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,960by cjbmeb149 years ago
Upload and install a Favicon image to your WordPress website. When using this simple WordPress plugin you can easily upload and use your own Favicon i …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slug or PostID
Up in the last 7 days:10#8,112by unimakura13 years ago
This plugin uses Slug or PostID for PostName. It is done automatically.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Content text slider on post
Up in the last 7 days:30#10,342by gopi_plus3 years ago
Use this plugin to scroll the content vertically in the posts and pages.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Tabs popular posts and latest posts
Up in the last 7 days:23#15,306by gopiplus@hotmail.com3 years ago
This is a jquery based lightweight plugin to create a new wordpress tabbed widget to display recent posts and popular posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Admin Footer and Version
#15,570by HRanjan14 years ago
Remove wordpress admin footer text and version.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Lazy Loaded Images
Down in the last 7 days:146#28,178by Logan Graham7 years ago
A simple plugin to enable lazy loading for all images using WordPress image functions.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Name
Down in the last 7 days:24#28,502by ChrisHurst12 years ago
Use the [children-excerpt] shortcode where you want to display the excerpts of the child pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Debug
Up in the last 7 days:8,370#36,038by ChrisHurst14 years ago
Analyzes WordPress website performance, helps to locate slow function hooks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Skeps Reviews Widget
#39,096by skeps6 years ago
Authenticate with your Google account to display the Google My Business star rating widget on your WordPress website. No Google API's knowledge n …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Common Ninja
Up in the last 7 days:3,161#39,352by Common Ninja4 years ago
Common Ninja’s Audio Player plugin is a great, versatile tool for those who’d like to add audio to their website. With it, you can enrich your content …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
XE Advanced Recent Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1,471#40,710by xieno11 years ago
XE advanced recent post widget plugin allows admin to select number of post under multiple categories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post word count in admin
Up in the last 7 days:2,040#41,533by Shashi Dhar Kumar3 years ago
This plugin will help to count the number of words will show as new column at posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Quicksearch
Down in the last 7 days:1,996#45,447by hakre15 years ago
Quicksearch the Admin Menu and Plugin Tables.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Multi Days Events and Multi Events in One Day Calendar
#50,063by Ming's IT Services Ltd.1 year ago
Every company needs a calendar on the WordPress website. This plugin shows a calendar to website visitors. This plugin is very easy to use.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dragon Ecommerce Reserve Plugin Without Online Payment for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:17,726#55,346by Ming's IT Services Ltd.2 months ago
Every company needs an ecommerce plugin to sell products on the WordPress website. This plugin sells your products to website visitors without online …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome SMS for Woocommerce
Up in the last 7 days:16,143#55,728by AwesomeTOGI8 years ago
you can now keep your customers up to date on their order process via SMS. Send the customer an SMS when they place the order, and also when the order …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Plugin Search
Up in the last 7 days:8,131#57,328by klickonit9 years ago
Free yourself from the limitations of the standard plugin search delivered by WordPress core. List plugins that have been updated within the last X mo …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Common Ninja
Up in the last 7 days:535#62,098by Common Ninja4 years ago
Common Ninja’s Info Labels plugin is a great way to add helpful information to your product’s images to help customers learn more about it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customized Message
#63,200by Rajat Popli7 years ago
Add a customized message to any or all of your blog posts the easy way, instead of writing the same message again manually every time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stand with Ukraine Banner
Down in the last 7 days:10,032#66,145by qstudio4 years ago
Stand with Ukraine Banner Plugin for WordPress.org
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Html Content Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:2,972#67,488by epiphanyit3211 year ago
The Html Content Shortcode Plugin allows you to easily add custom HTML to your WordPress site using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Type & Widget
Down in the last 7 days:14,291#70,265by Joy Saha5 years ago
WP Post Type & Widget is the perfect plugin to create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies and custom widgets in a user friendly way, just like …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dragon Ecommerce Plugin for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:13,730#70,351by Ming's IT Services Ltd.1 year ago
Every company needs an ecommerce plugin to sell products on the WordPress website. This plugin sells your products to website visitors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Common Ninja
Down in the last 7 days:11,855#73,658by Common Ninja4 years ago
Common Ninja’s Product Blobs plugin is a creative and visually appealing way to draw attention to your products. With it, you can increase conversions …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day