Best previews plugins for WordPress
The most popular previews plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bright Link Previews leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Pan Macmillan Book Extracts (10+) and ShrinkTheWeb Refresh All (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “previews” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 previews plugins
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Bright Link PreviewsThe most installed previews plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Pan Macmillan Book Extracts10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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ShrinkTheWeb Refresh All10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “previews”
Bright Link Previews
Up in the last 7 days:225#23,860by ginoplusio2 years ago
This plugin adds a neat previews of links when the user pass hover the links, analyzes links and track user's behaviour on the links of your site …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pan Macmillan Book Extracts
Up in the last 7 days:7,718#35,004by DanBrown18010 years ago
The Pan Macmillan Book Extracts Plugin allows you to show the first chapter of a book published by Pan Macmillan in a number of ways on your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShrinkTheWeb Refresh All
Up in the last 7 days:6,458#39,639by puravida19769 years ago
Refresh all the STW shrinktheweb.com screenshots at once
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day