Best required plugins for WordPress
The most popular required plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Required Taxonomies leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Requirements Checklist (800+) and Required Fields (100+). All 12 plugins tagged “required” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 required plugins
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WP Required TaxonomiesThe most installed required plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Requirements Checklist800+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 3.
Required Fields100+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Required Checkbox Validation for Elementor50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Single Value Taxonomy UI50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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Post Title Required20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
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DCO Post Validator20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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Email not required10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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WP Required Taxonomies10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
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Simple Content Restriction10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 12 plugins tagged “required”
WP Required Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:46#5,851by Jose Vega2 months ago
Force users to select a taxonomy term when publishing posts. For example, make category or tags required
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Requirements Checklist
Down in the last 7 days:18#7,304by dauidus11 years ago
Allows admins to require content to be entered before a page/post can be published.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Required Fields
Down in the last 7 days:188#14,195by NikosTsolakos8 years ago
Required Fields can help you write your Posts, Pages without forgetting fields, if you forget something you'll be alerted about that!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Required Checkbox Validation for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:161#20,136by Bilal1 month ago
Make Elementor Pro checkbox fields required. Blocks submission until at least one checkbox is selected, with client-side and server-side validation.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Single Value Taxonomy UI
Up in the last 7 days:169#21,315by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)14 years ago
This infrastructure plugin adds basic UI for single-valued taxonomies, i.e. a taxonomy with presents a select widget.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Title Required
Down in the last 7 days:174#26,323by Santosh Thapa Magar5 months ago
This plugin make post title require field and limit its character.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DCO Post Validator
Down in the last 7 days:131#26,402by Denis Yanchevskiy6 years ago
Allows you to make post, page, custom post elements required: title, content, featured image.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Email not required
Down in the last 7 days:422#30,182by ircf7 years ago
Disable email requirement for user registering/editing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Required Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:732#34,707by Chirag Rathod2 years ago
Before saving any post, taxonomies are required or by default selected when editing a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Content Restriction
Up in the last 7 days:2,000#36,054by S16 years ago
Ask your visitors to login if the post is marked as visible only to registered users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Require Categories when Creating Products
Down in the last 7 days:2,630#45,521by Jose Vega2 months ago
Force users to select a product category when creating or editing WooCommerce Products. For example, make category required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Make Checkout fields optional in Woocommerce
Down in the last 7 days:339#69,543by Technogiq IT Solutions1 year ago
You can make wocommerce checkout required fields optional or optional fields required in woocommerce
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day