Best projects plugins for WordPress
The most popular projects plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPZOOM Portfolio Lite leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Desert Companion (10K+) and Arile Extra (10K+). All 50 plugins tagged “projects” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 projects plugins
- 1.
WPZOOM Portfolio LiteThe most installed projects plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Desert Companion10K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Arile Extra
10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Sight3K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.Arile Super
3K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Zephyr Project Manager1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 98 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Project Showcase200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 8.Portfolio CPT
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 9.
Custom Content Portfolio200+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 10 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.Cosmica Advance Sections
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 50 plugins tagged “projects”

WPZOOM Portfolio Lite
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,197by WPZOOM4 days ago
Portfolio plugin for WordPress. Create filterable portfolio grids with masonry layouts and lightbox. Ideal for photographers, designers, agencies.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 299/day

Desert Companion
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,438by Desert Themes1 month ago
Desert Companion Enhances Desert Themes with additional functionality.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 148/day
Arile Extra
#1,695by Theme Arile12 days ago
Arile Extra is a companion plugin for ArileWP WordPress theme by ThemeArile.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 122/day

Sight
Down in the last 7 days:11#3,791by codesupplyco5 months ago
Beautiful, responsive image galleries and portfolios. Showcase your work with stunning galleries, no coding required.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 33/day
Arile Super
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,916by Theme Arile7 months ago
Arile Super is a companion plugin for Aasta WordPress theme by ThemeArile.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 33/day

Zephyr Project Manager
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,794by Dylan James7 days ago
Zephyr Project Manager is a modern, easy to use sophisticated project manager for WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(98)
- Downloads
- 122/day

Project Showcase
Up in the last 7 days:60#11,330by GS Plugins5 days ago
Show finished projects as case studies with client, dates, value and project links in a grid, slider or list. No coding needed.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Portfolio CPT
Down in the last 7 days:53#11,450by DannyCooper8 years ago
Enables a 'Portfolio' type and 'Portfolio Tags' taxonomy.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Content Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:67#11,571by Justin Tadlock9 years ago
A complete portfolio solution for creative people.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cosmica Advance Sections
#13,518by codeins7 years ago
Advance Sections For cosmica Theme.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP To Do
Up in the last 7 days:25#14,661by Md Delower Hossain1 year ago
WP-Todo: Smart To-Do List & Task Management Plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rusenas CRM
Down in the last 7 days:51#23,311by rusenas4 months ago
A self-contained CRM inside WordPress: projects, tasks, calendar and notifications, with role-based access. Multilingual.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Eonet Project Manager
Down in the last 7 days:780#23,721by Alkaweb8 years ago
Make your site a complete project management tool: create projects, set permissions and assign tasks your users.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

OpenAsset
Up in the last 7 days:116#28,322by openasset24 days ago
Sync your AEC Project Portfolio, Employees and Images from OpenAsset to your Wordpress Website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

B Portfolio
#33,891by btechnologies2 months ago
Build and display Portfolios/Projects on your site. Professionally present your Skill.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GemBoards
Down in the last 7 days:7,261#33,909by Kodezen LLC4 days ago
GemBoards is a project and task management plugin that helps teams manage projects, Kanban boards, and team tasks from one place.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

TodoX
#39,336by SoftTent2 months ago
A professional task management system for WordPress. Manage workspaces, departments, teams, projects, sprints, and tasks with a Kanban board.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Projects by Serge Liatko
Up in the last 7 days:1,792#39,387by Serge Liatko10 years ago
Easy way to publish and organize your portfolio online. Show off what you have done and your current projects. Easy to use, light and flexible.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DPortfolio
Up in the last 7 days:6,708#40,879by dinamiko2 years ago
Portfolio manager, easy to use and customizable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Project
#41,109by wppal13 years ago
Easy to use yet powerful project management tool
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 1/day
GitHub & BitBucket Project Lister
Down in the last 7 days:8,049#44,428by Kenny13 years ago
This is a Wordpress plugin that will list your open source projects from github or bitbucket in-page or via sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Canvas Portfolio
Up in the last 7 days:2,039#45,085by codesupplyco6 years ago
Showcase your work with Canvas Portfolio the way it’s meant to be seen. Canvas Portfolio is an extension built with photographers, artists, and design …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:7,223#45,286by Nicolas Crocfer14 years ago
This Buddypress plugin allows each user to create his portfolio on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Front Page to Category
Down in the last 7 days:4,817#47,632by Broadstreet13 years ago
Make front page links go to the post's category page instead. Useful for increasing page views.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Projects Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:662#50,150by nazaninhesamzadeh6 years ago
Let's Create a gallery of projects, either you can use it to have a gallery of any other project!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Project Donations
#50,238by Greg9 years ago
Have some projects you'd like to fund? This plugin allows you to publish projects that accept donations from paypal. It even includes enough feat …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Project Donations for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:3,713#50,413by Olivier van Helden2 years ago
Collect donations for projects with Woocommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Project Showcase by Gravth
Up in the last 7 days:22,556#50,597by gravth1 year ago
A lightweight and customizable portfolio showcase plugin to display your projects in a grid with live preview and snippet modes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Projects showroom
#50,863by Triopsi5 years ago
The "projects-showroom" Plugin is a very easy way to show your projects in a showwroom. You create a shortcode and copy-paste the shortcode …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Blockmason Core
#52,528by themewright5 days ago
Projects, services, team members and testimonials for construction company websites.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 64/day
Projects Manager for GitHub
Up in the last 7 days:17,519#52,530by umeralifarooq9 months ago
Fetch public GitHub repositories via API and display them as native WordPress projects with your theme's header and footer.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

bitfox.hu EU támogatás banner
Up in the last 7 days:12,606#54,188by banditoth27 days ago
Független bitfox.hu-eszköz EU-finanszírozású projektek adatainak és láthatósági elemeinek megjelenítéséhez magyarországi weboldalakon.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lecouz Core for Easy Building Company
Up in the last 7 days:1,847#55,152by hweb9 days ago
Companion plugin for the Easy Building Company theme: Services and Projects, Elementor widgets, quote form, cookie consent and one-click demo import.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Prjcts
Up in the last 7 days:8,216#55,298by Matteo Conti2 months ago
Effortlessly create a custom post type to organize projects with custom categories and flexible URL settings, perfect for WordPress theme developers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Portfolio Pro Advance
Up in the last 7 days:14,878#57,516by Nastin MG29 days ago
Advanced portfolio management with multiple layouts and pro features.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wahid Simple Portfolio Manager
#57,910by Abdul Awal Wahid9 days ago
A lightweight portfolio manager with a clean grid and full-page scroll-on-hover previews. Works with a shortcode, a block and an Elementor widget.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Whitepaper manager
Down in the last 7 days:2,756#58,528by Félix Martínez1 year ago
Whitepaper Manager - WPH is a robust and adaptable plugin intended to assist users in the creation, management, and presentation of comprehensive proj …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Dear Project Manager
Down in the last 7 days:1,966#58,655by Bipin Khatri10 months ago
A comprehensive project management plugin for WordPress with team collaboration, applications, and submissions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACS Portfolio
#62,430by ACS1 month ago
A portfolio you can filter without a page reload, and, when you want it, a download page that counts how often each file is taken.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Oneto Companion
Up in the last 7 days:3,096#65,905by Nayra Themes1 year ago
Enhance Oneto WordPress Themes Functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DragFolio
Down in the last 7 days:6,378#66,652by Hameem Mahdad Kader1 month ago
A beautiful drag-and-drop portfolio plugin. Showcase your projects with image, title, description, and a custom button — reorder live on the frontend.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AS Project Portfolio
#66,653by Ahmed Shaikh1 year ago
A simple plugin to add a custom post type for managing and displaying project portfolios with a shortcode and admin dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Realmagic Portfolio
#67,638by Vashudev Vishwas1 year ago
A free, fully featured portfolio display plugin for WordPress. Start with a simple grid layout, with upcoming features like filterable views, sliders, …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AGB Web Designs Student Project Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:13,112#68,022by agbwebdesigns1 month ago
Build a complete student portfolio site from structured profile and project data, or place project cards inside an existing WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mapfolia
Up in the last 7 days:63#70,469by highbridge2 months ago
Showcase completed projects with an interactive map, filterable photo grid, and built-in local SEO structured data.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

IATI Project Data
#71,037by Fotso Fonkam5 years ago
Track a project from the d-portal website
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day