Best science plugins for WordPress
The most popular science plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MathJax-LaTeX leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of ImpactPubs (100+) and Mon Laboratoire (60+). All 13 plugins tagged “science” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 science plugins
- 1.MathJax-LaTeX
The most installed science plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 11 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.ImpactPubs
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Mon Laboratoire60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.PubMed Posts
40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.0.
- 5.Helioviewer.org
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 6.Kblog Metadata
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 7.Kblog Include
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 8.
QuantiModo10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “science”
MathJax-LaTeX
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,104by knowledgeblog5 days ago
This plugin enables MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org) functionality for WordPress (http://www.wordpress.org).
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 70/day
ImpactPubs
Down in the last 7 days:11#15,222by CAYdenberg9 years ago
Search PubMed and display publication information on your blog or website. Note: Plugin previously also accessed OCRID and ImpactStory.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mon Laboratoire
Up in the last 7 days:61#19,353by Hervé Suaudeau27 days ago
Easy pages for research labs (manage people and publications)
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
PubMed Posts
Down in the last 7 days:2#22,419by sydcode13 years ago
This plugin adds a dashboard widget that creates posts from PubMed articles, plus a search widget that finds posts with specific article data.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Helioviewer.org
#29,759by keith.hughitt15 years ago
Displays the latest image of the Sun from Helioviewer.org.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kblog Metadata
#30,995by philliplord10 years ago
Displays bibliographic metadata both for humans and computers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kblog Include
Down in the last 7 days:1,792#43,758by philliplord12 years ago
Transcludes content from arXiv and other academic repositories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

QuantiModo
#44,125by mikepsinn3 years ago
QuantiModo WordPress Integration Help ignite a revolution of citizen science to find new solutions to chronic illnesses. Install the Quantimodo Word …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day