Best primary plugins for WordPress
The most popular primary plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Primary Addon for Elementor leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Primary Category (900+) and Simple Primary Category (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “primary” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 primary plugins
- 1.
Primary Addon for ElementorThe most installed primary plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Easy Primary Category900+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Simple Primary Category100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 4.
Primary Redirect10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
GET Different Menus10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 6.
Top Cat10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 21 years ago.
- 7.
Select Primary CategoryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “primary”
Primary Addon for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,811by nicheaddons1 year ago
Primary Addon for Elementor is a collection of widgets needed for all common websites.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Easy Primary Category
Down in the last 7 days:82#6,984by Gagan Deep Singh9 months ago
Allows you to choose primary category for posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Primary Category
Up in the last 7 days:52#13,612by Ashar Irfan3 years ago
A light-weight WordPress plugin to assign primary category to posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Primary Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:8,377#37,735by Mustafa Uysal1 year ago
Redirects users to a custom URL or their primary blog's dashboard after login, replacing the default WordPress behavior.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GET Different Menus
Up in the last 7 days:6,698#41,238by theode11 years ago
Have different primary menus for different viewers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Top Cat
#47,863by bennettmcelwee21 years ago
Top Cat allows you to specify a main category for your posts. Even though WordPress posts can have more than one category, you may want to specify whi …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Select Primary Category
Down in the last 7 days:6,056#62,839by denizozsen8 years ago
Adds the ability to designate a primary category for posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day