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Best recording plugins for WordPress

The most popular recording plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Reactflow Visitor Recording and Heatmaps leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Heatmap & Analytics (100+) and WayPanel (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “recording” 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 6 recording plugins

  1. 1.
    Reactflow Visitor Recording and Heatmaps

    The most installed recording plugin, with 200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  2. 2.
    Heatmap & Analytics

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

  3. 3.
    WayPanel

    10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  4. 4.
    User Recording For WordPress

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

  5. 5.
    Smooth Sandbox

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Uxtweak

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

All 7 plugins tagged “recording”