Best pubmed plugins for WordPress
The most popular pubmed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPBMB Entrez leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of KCite (40+) and PubMed Posts (40+). All 4 plugins tagged “pubmed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 pubmed plugins
- 1.WPBMB Entrez
The most installed pubmed plugin, with 50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 2.KCite
40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.PubMed Posts
40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.0.
- 4.PMID Citation Plus
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
All 4 plugins tagged “pubmed”
WPBMB Entrez
#20,503by sdg09197 years ago
A plugin that interfaces with the NCBI Entrez databases for listing/updating publications.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
KCite
Down in the last 7 days:177#22,369by knowledgeblog10 years ago
A tool for producing citations and bibliographies in Wordpress posts. Developed for the Knowledgeblog project (http://knowledgeblog.org).
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PubMed Posts
Down in the last 7 days:18#22,431by sydcode13 years ago
This plugin adds a dashboard widget that creates posts from PubMed articles, plus a search widget that finds posts with specific article data.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PMID Citation Plus
#29,893by mdanielpatrick13 years ago
This plugin allows you to simply enter in PubMed IDs (PMIDs) and have a references list automatically built at the bottom of your post for you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day