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Best publish plugins for WordPress

The most popular publish plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Publish To Apple News leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Save with keyboard (3K+) and Requirements Checklist (800+). All 85 plugins tagged “publish” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 publish plugins

  1. 1.
    Publish To Apple News

    The most installed publish plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 25 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Save with keyboard

    3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 31 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.

  3. 3.
    Requirements Checklist

    800+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  4. 4.
    WP Discord Post Plus

    600+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 11 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Publish View

    500+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  6. 6.
    Save and Close

    400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

  7. 7.
    Update from Bottom

    300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

  8. 8.
    Auto Publish Drafts

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.

  9. 9.
    Micropub

    200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.

  10. 10.
    Bulk Post Status Update

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.

All 85 plugins tagged “publish”