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Best researcher plugins for WordPress

The most popular researcher plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Researcher Profiles for ORCID leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Publiton (10+) and Scholar Sync (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “researcher” 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 4 researcher plugins

  1. 1.
    Researcher Profiles for ORCID

    The most installed researcher plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  2. 2.
    Publiton

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Scholar Sync

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    Valsze Research Profiles for SINTA

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

All 4 plugins tagged “researcher”