Best retro plugins for WordPress
The most popular retro plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Retro Game Emulator leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Snake Retro Game Shortcode by Eskim (70+) and Jellyfish Invaders (30+). All 12 plugins tagged “retro” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 retro plugins
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Retro Game EmulatorThe most installed retro plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 2.
Snake Retro Game Shortcode by Eskim70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Jellyfish Invaders30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 4.
Pong Block10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Life Meter Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
AtariAge Dashboard Feed10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Retro Arcade Page DestroyerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
AMG Labs DOS AppsFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
DOS DialogFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Classic MinefieldFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 12 plugins tagged “retro”
Retro Game Emulator
Down in the last 7 days:122#12,816by Garrett Grimm5 years ago
Retro Game Emulator adds a NES player on your site via a shortcode in any post or page.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Snake Retro Game Shortcode by Eskim
Down in the last 7 days:490#18,540by Maciej1 year ago
Classic retro Snake game embedded via shortcode. Built with canvas and pure JavaScript.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jellyfish Invaders
Down in the last 7 days:102#23,552by Strawberry Jellyfish6 years ago
Add pixelated pets to your site in the form of funky animated retro space invaders.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pong Block
Up in the last 7 days:1,013#30,329by Jeffrey Paul2 months ago
Adds a playable, accessible Pong game block for posts and pages with customizable difficulty, colors, and touch controls.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Life Meter Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6,722#41,094by bythegram14 years ago
Display how you're feeling today via a Retro Video Game Life Meter. Just input how much you want it filled and write a caption to say why.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AtariAge Dashboard Feed
Down in the last 7 days:922#43,936by doc411 months ago
AtariAge Dashboard Feed
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Retro Arcade Page Destroyer
Down in the last 7 days:789#53,392by ksaldari2 months ago
Turn your WordPress site into a retro arcade shooter. Destroy webpage contents with your ship. A modernized fork compatible with PHP 8+.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AMG Labs DOS Apps
#54,765by amglabs2 months ago
Publish and run vintage apps and games right in your site's browser. As simple as uploading an image to the Media Library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DOS Dialog
#57,567by Dan Ruscoe1 year ago
A Gutenberg block that displays your text in the form of an old MS DOS dialog box.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Classic Minefield
Down in the last 7 days:13,729#70,349by tharkun692 months ago
A neutral, accessible minefield puzzle with a retro look, Gutenberg block, shortcode, custom boards, and local best times.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keitai Emoji
Down in the last 7 days:6,216#70,669by Kobayashi Sharyo Co., Ltd.2 months ago
148 hand-made 12x12 pixel-art emoji as inline SVG shortcodes, in the style of Japanese feature phones around the year 2000.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gozo Album
Down in the last 7 days:10,163#74,005by ministryforgozoandplanning9 months ago
Display beautiful photo collections from the official Gozo Album directly on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day