Best pure plugins for WordPress
The most popular pure plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Citrus leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Pure Feed Widget (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “pure” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 pure plugins
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CitrusThe most installed pure plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.Pure Feed Widget
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 2 plugins tagged “pure”

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