Best RSS reader plugins for WordPress
The most popular RSS reader plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPeMatico RSS Feed Reader leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of SimplePie Rss Reader (20+) and RSS Reader Animated (20+). All 7 plugins tagged “rss reader” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 RSS reader plugins
- 1.
WPeMatico RSS Feed ReaderThe most installed RSS reader plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
SimplePie Rss Reader20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago.
- 3.
RSS Reader Animated20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.
Skysa RSS Reader App10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 5.
Mini RSS Reader10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
All 7 plugins tagged “rss reader”
WPeMatico RSS Feed Reader
Up in the last 7 days:408#14,854by etruel1 month ago
Add On for WPeMatico plugin. Adds a feature to print pre-formatted feeds contents directly on your pages, posts, widgets, etc.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 10/day
SimplePie Rss Reader
Up in the last 7 days:538#27,223by dmregister14 years ago
Feed reader using the power of SimplePie Feed Reader
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RSS Reader Animated
Down in the last 7 days:56#28,093by ulmdesign11 years ago
RSS Reader for your site Animated !
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Skysa RSS Reader App
Down in the last 7 days:538#40,976by Skysa12 years ago
Display interactive summaries from an RSS (or Atom) feed in a dynamic ajax window on your site; customizable RSS feed app button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mini RSS Reader
Down in the last 7 days:1,134#45,031by stratosg17 years ago
Just like the plugin Twitter for WordPress, this plugin reads an RSS feed and displays the time, title and trimmed description.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day