Best plugin installer plugins for WordPress
The most popular plugin installer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Dash Notifier leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of EZ Downloader (90+). All 2 plugins tagged “plugin installer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 plugin installer plugins
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Dash NotifierThe most installed plugin installer plugin, with 10K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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EZ Downloader90+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 2 plugins tagged “plugin installer”
Dash Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,469by LiteSpeed Technologies5 years ago
Developers and Sysadmins, use this plugin to add a notification to clients' WordPress Dashboards via API.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 26/day
EZ Downloader
Up in the last 7 days:3#17,290by Abolfazl Edalati3 months ago
Install or update multiple plugins and one theme from direct ZIP URLs or the WordPress.org repository.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day