Best recently-viewed plugins for WordPress
The most popular recently-viewed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MATE Recently Viewed Products leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Recently Viewed Products for WooCommerce (1K+) and WowRecommend (10+). All 10 plugins tagged “recently-viewed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 recently-viewed plugins
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MATE Recently Viewed ProductsThe most installed recently-viewed plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Recently Viewed Products for WooCommerce1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
WowRecommend10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Recently Viewed Products Popup for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Arewa Recently Viewed Content10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
LekTrail Reading TrackerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
WebSemicolon Recently Viewed Products for WooCommerceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.Last Products Viewed in Store for WooCommerce
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 9.
PairFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
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PartSyncer Recently Viewed ProductsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “recently-viewed”

MATE Recently Viewed Products
Up in the last 7 days:61#6,333by Alfonso Catrón1 year ago
Display recently viewed WooCommerce products via AJAX and cookies. Works with caching. Includes a customizable block and shortcode.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Recently Viewed Products for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:27#6,573by Mahesh Patel4 months ago
WooCommerce recently viewed products in a grid, list or carousel via shortcode, widget, block, Elementor, plus most viewed and follow-up emails.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day

WowRecommend
Down in the last 7 days:4,111#31,765by WPXPO13 days ago
Create smart product recommendations for WooCommerce with an AI rule builder, filters, sorting, live preview, and analytics.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Recently Viewed Products Popup for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:570#33,636by martonix9 months ago
Display recently viewed products in a small, fixed, cache-friendly popup on WooCommerce pages, with a modal window to view more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Arewa Recently Viewed Content
Up in the last 7 days:666#42,535by arewadev1 month ago
Track and display recently viewed content for both logged-in and guest users with automatic history sync and multiple layout options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LekTrail Reading Tracker
#59,042by Raúl Rojas6 months ago
Show visitors what they've read, what they started, and what to read next.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WebSemicolon Recently Viewed Products for WooCommerce
#64,948by Saeed Amini14 days ago
Show recently viewed products to WooCommerce shoppers, with price drop and back in stock badges. Cache compatible. Block, shortcode, RTL.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Last Products Viewed in Store for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:3,975#67,923by Daniel Esparza3 days ago
Shows the products recently viewed in your store with the [last-products-viewed-store] shortcode, using the js-cookie 3.0.5 library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pair
Up in the last 7 days:2,429#68,708by WPPoland (Mariusz Szatkowski)9 days ago
Show shoppers products that go with what they are viewing or buying, on the product page and the cart, picked automatically from your catalog.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PartSyncer Recently Viewed Products
#70,337by Part Syncer1 month ago
A cookie-free "recently viewed products" strip for WooCommerce. Each visitor's history is kept in their browser. Product page, shortcode, block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day