Best plugin manager plugins for WordPress
The most popular plugin manager plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPCore Plugin Manager leads with 9K+ active installs, ahead of WP Plugin Manager (3K+) and The Hack Repair Guy’s Plugin Archiver (300+). All 10 plugins tagged “plugin manager” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 plugin manager plugins
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WPCore Plugin ManagerThe most installed plugin manager plugin, with 9K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 32 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
WP Plugin Manager3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 23 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
The Hack Repair Guy’s Plugin Archiver300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.
Archivum Inactive Archiver20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Vulnerability Detector & Plugin Manager10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
PlugTracker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Disable Plugins10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 8.
PublisherKits PluginTidyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 9.
MAD CAT Design® ToolsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Wayne's Web World Extension Status DashboardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “plugin manager”
WPCore Plugin Manager
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,197by stueynet9 days ago
See your WordPress sites on WPCore.com with their versions, plugins and themes, and install the plugins of the collections assigned to each site.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 407/day
WP Plugin Manager
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,869by HasThemes5 days ago
WP Plugin Manager lets you disable plugins on specific pages and posts so they only load where needed. No code required.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(23)
- Downloads
- 69/day
The Hack Repair Guy’s Plugin Archiver
Up in the last 7 days:76#10,406by The Hack Repair Guy4 days ago
Disable plugins without deleting them. Archive in one click, restore any time, and keep the archive hidden and blocked from the web.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Archivum Inactive Archiver
Down in the last 7 days:714#26,352by jkirker9 days ago
Move inactive plugins out of the plugins folder into an archive, then restore, download or permanently delete them later.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Vulnerability Detector & Plugin Manager
Down in the last 7 days:1,021#32,241by WebGarh Solutions1 year ago
Vulnerability Detector is a free plugin designed to secure your WordPress website by identifying known vulnerabilities in the WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PlugTracker
#41,353by Guru Plugins2 months ago
Tracks plugin activity, including activation, deactivation, addition, deletion, and updates, with date, time, and user information recorded.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Plugins
#42,450by kynatro12 years ago
Manage which plugins load on what page with simple regular expression pattern matches similar to an Apache .htaccess file
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PublisherKits PluginTidy
#50,319by PublisherKits23 days ago
WordPress tells you which plugins are active. It never tells you which are used. PluginTidy works that out, and keeps working it out.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MAD CAT Design® Tools
Up in the last 7 days:1,938#62,086by MAD CAT Design®2 months ago
Central dashboard and module manager for compatible MAD CAT Design® WordPress extensions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wayne's Web World Extension Status Dashboard
#67,570by wayneoz1 month ago
Displays the number of installed, activated, and deactivated plugins directly on your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day