Best publications plugins for WordPress
The most popular publications plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. teachPress leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Zotpress (2K+) and Scholar Publications Fetcher (200+). All 18 plugins tagged “publications” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 publications plugins
- 1.
teachPressThe most installed publications plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Zotpress2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 66 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Scholar Publications Fetcher200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
ImpactPubs100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
WP Academic Publications60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 6.
Academic Publications Showcase40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Researcher Profiles for ORCID30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Citrus10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 9.
Pure Feed Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 10.
Publiton10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 18 plugins tagged “publications”
teachPress
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,399by winkm897 months ago
Manage your publications with teachPress
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(25)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Zotpress
#4,629by Katie14 days ago
Zotpress displays your Zotero citations on WordPress.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(66)
- Downloads
- 75/day
Scholar Publications Fetcher
Up in the last 7 days:56#12,252by valsze2 months ago
Fetch, cache, customize, and display Google Scholar profiles and publications with an easy WordPress admin settings panel.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ImpactPubs
Down in the last 7 days:11#15,222by CAYdenberg9 years ago
Search PubMed and display publication information on your blog or website. Note: Plugin previously also accessed OCRID and ImpactStory.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Academic Publications
Up in the last 7 days:57#19,629by Brad12 years ago
Let's you add academic publications to your Wordpress admin page which can then be displayed on your site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Academic Publications Showcase
Up in the last 7 days:125#21,443by havacekm8 months ago
Display publications from Zenodo communities or ORCID author profiles with modern card layouts and customizable designs.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Researcher Profiles for ORCID
Up in the last 7 days:74#24,442by lalohao2 months ago
Fetch, cache and display researcher profiles from the ORCID Public API via shortcodes. No live API calls on page load.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Citrus
#34,818by Evan Morgan6 days ago
Display research publications from Pure API or manually provided BibTeX data beautifully.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Pure Feed Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6,060#37,867by Mace Ojala7 years ago
A widget for listing academic publications from Elsevier Pure in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publiton
Down in the last 7 days:8,032#44,480by zen0nl3 months ago
Auto-updating academic publication lists. Enter your ORCID iD once — your list keeps itself current, powered by OpenAlex.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scholar Sync
Down in the last 7 days:8,719#47,962by researchdigitallabs27 days ago
Automatically sync and display publications and citation metrics for researchers, labs, or an entire faculty.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Electrifying Engineering Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:6,032#66,691by hodayx8 years ago
Creates a portfolio for engineers
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AcademicCrew
Down in the last 7 days:17,748#67,908by alefiori8224 days ago
Member profiles, courses, projects, and publication management for university research groups — on any WordPress theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tizra Connect
Up in the last 7 days:1,547#68,756by abedane9 years ago
Tizra Connect is a simple way to display Tizra-hosted publications in your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Virtua Brasil
Down in the last 7 days:11,736#71,689by virtuabrasil1 month ago
Manage and publish municipal Official Gazette editions with a calendar, filters, version history, migration tools, and audit logs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publications List Display for Zotero
Down in the last 7 days:4,770#71,854by Lobsang Wangdu8 days ago
Display a searchable and filterable Zotero bibliography with authors, dates, DOI links, citation keys, and pagination.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 25/day