Best shared hosting plugins for WordPress
The most popular shared hosting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PlatformInfo leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Active Directory/LDAP Integration for Cloud & Shared Hosting Platforms (40+) and BackupEase (30+). All 6 plugins tagged “shared hosting” 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 5 shared hosting plugins
- 1.
PlatformInfoThe most installed shared hosting plugin, with 70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Active Directory/LDAP Integration for Cloud & Shared Hosting Platforms40+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 39 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
BackupEase30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.Hosting Monitor
20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 5.
BackShift10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “shared hosting”

PlatformInfo
Up in the last 7 days:6#18,741by newtovaux1 month ago
A simple platform information plugin for WordPress. Shows you environment variables, PHP settings and more.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Active Directory/LDAP Integration for Cloud & Shared Hosting Platforms
#21,409by miniOrange2 months ago
LDAP/Active Directory authentication for WordPress on shared hosting. No PHP extension required. Supports Azure AD, OpenLDAP, and more.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.9(39)
- Downloads
- 11/day

BackupEase
Down in the last 7 days:1,939#24,118by PrecisionWP4 days ago
WordPress backups that finish on any host, shared hosting included - WP-CLI or chunked PHP, scheduled runs, Google Drive sync, one-click migration.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Hosting Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:476#26,372by Mike Bijon12 years ago
Track how much disk and database space WordPress is using.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

BackShift
Down in the last 7 days:352#31,932by yahakker5 days ago
Stop backup timeouts. A powerful, lightweight backup and migration plugin built specifically for shared hosting.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day