Best show plugins for WordPress
The most popular show plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Catch IDs leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Hide Posts (20K+) and Hide Featured Image (10K+). All 70 plugins tagged “show” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 show plugins
- 1.
Catch IDsThe most installed show plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Hide Posts20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 22 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 3.
Hide Featured Image10K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 81 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.WP-ShowHide
9K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 43 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
AH Display Widgets8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 6.ShowID for Post/Page/Category/Tag/Comment
7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 7.
WP Hide Show Featured Image3K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.Simply Show IDs
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 9.
Content Visibility for Divi Builder2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 101 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Hide Content by User Role for WPBakery1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 70 plugins tagged “show”

Catch IDs
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,283by Catch Themes5 months ago
What this plugin does is to shows the IDs on admin section.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 85/day

Hide Posts
Down in the last 7 days:13#1,329by MartinCV6 days ago
Hide posts or WooCommerce products from the homepage, archives, search, RSS, REST API, sitemaps and SEO tools — per-post control in any editor.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(22)
- Downloads
- 167/day

Hide Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,558by shahpranaf8 years ago
To Hide Featured Image on single post/page.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.6(81)
- Downloads
- 26/day
WP-ShowHide
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,220by Lester Chan3 months ago
Allows you to embed content within your blog post via WordPress ShortCode API and toggling the visibility of the content via a button.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.2(43)
- Downloads
- 52/day

AH Display Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,408by Andreas Hecht8 years ago
Simply hide widgets on specified pages. Adds checkboxes to each widget to either show or hide it on every site page.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day
ShowID for Post/Page/Category/Tag/Comment
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,494by 水野史土3 years ago
This plugin shows post/page/category/tag/comment/media/user IDs on admin's edit post/page/category/tag/comment/media/user pages.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 20/day

WP Hide Show Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,678by Galaxy Weblinks1 year ago
The plugin provides options to hide featured images from all posts and pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simply Show IDs
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,221by Matt Martz9 years ago
Simply shows the ID of Posts, Pages, Media, Links, Categories, Tags and Users in the admin tables for easy access.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 25/day

Content Visibility for Divi Builder
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,903by Jonathan Horowitz1 month ago
Content Visibility for Divi Builder.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(101)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Hide Content by User Role for WPBakery
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,024by wpTerra1 year ago
Hide/show/restrict elements based on user roles like administrator in WPBakery page builder (formerly Visual Composer).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Show Pages URL List
Down in the last 7 days:4#6,439by YYDevelopment2 months ago
Simple plugin that allow you view all the pages urls on your wordpress site
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Show User Registration Date
Down in the last 7 days:5#7,170by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin shows the registed date field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Show User ID
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,783by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin shows the ID field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Plugins List
Down in the last 7 days:67#7,873by nutsmuggler2 months ago
Allows you to insert a list of the Wordpress plugins you are using into any post/page.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 29/day
wpSpoiler
Down in the last 7 days:25#10,441by Felix Triller18 years ago
A plugin designed to protect the reader against spoilers.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Super Hide Post
Up in the last 7 days:62#12,413by angelomathews9 years ago
Enables you to control the visibility of items on your blog by making posts/pages hidden on some parts of your blog, while still visible in other part …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Which Template Am I
Down in the last 7 days:29#13,458by neilgee5 years ago
This plugin will display the name of the WordPress Template in use for the current page at in the footer. It only shows for logged in administrators.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Registration Date And Last Login Date
Down in the last 7 days:6#14,336by krajesh00184 years ago
This plugin shows the registration date and Last Login field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Show User Password
Down in the last 7 days:163#14,359by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin shows the password field (with MD5 Encryption) in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Show Private
Down in the last 7 days:98#14,377by AMIB5 years ago
Using this plugin everyone can get access to Private Pages and Attachments knowing their direct link without requiring admin rights.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Better WP ShowHide Elements
Up in the last 7 days:21#15,029by L1fescape12 years ago
Show or hide content with a mouse click.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable WP Comments
Down in the last 7 days:51#15,604by GenialSouls1 month ago
Control how native WordPress comments are displayed and whether new comments can be submitted.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Category Show
#15,947by chackal_sjc15 years ago
Shows all posts from a category/tag into a page/post with order support.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Content Visibility
Up in the last 7 days:142#16,750by Rich Tape3 years ago
Decide when, where, and to whom your blocks are visible.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Template
Up in the last 7 days:53#19,219by Matt Martz16 years ago
Prints an html comment in the footer of every page letting you know which template file of your theme was used for the display.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

OKCOM Sort and Show ID Slug Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:121#19,568by okcom1256 years ago
With sorting function, ID, slug, thumbnail, and character count are displayed.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP ShowHide Elements
Down in the last 7 days:243#22,410by Jenst18 years ago
Show and hide ID elements with a mouseclick. Could be used to create for example menus or menu tabs.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Show Sticky
Up in the last 7 days:164#22,433by Matt Martz17 years ago
Adds a new column to the posts table in the admin to display if a post is sticky or not.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Show Archive Descriptions
Down in the last 7 days:433#27,467by jp211211 years ago
Display category, tag and author descriptions on the appropriate archive pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AStickyPostOrderER Show Sticky
Up in the last 7 days:160#27,532astickypostorderer-show-sticky17 years ago
Adds a new column to the posts table in the admin to display if a post is sticky or not.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

L7 Display Posts
Up in the last 7 days:354#28,576by Jeff10 years ago
Efficiently show posts by tag or category using a simple shortcode. Utilizes caching for greater speed and fewer database calls.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CP Image Store with Slideshow
Down in the last 7 days:97#29,639by codepeople2 months ago
CP Image Store with Slideshow is an online store for the sale of image files: images, predefined pictures, clipart, drawings, vector images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
What Singular Template
Down in the last 7 days:353#29,984by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas11 months ago
Displays name of template assigned to a post, page or public custom post type in admin posts list table.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

downloadable gallery
Down in the last 7 days:438#30,116by jondor9 years ago
A shortcode which shows an gallery of downloadeble images
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PageWhereYouWant
Up in the last 7 days:3,138#36,375by glims14 years ago
Add custom title, show title, show thumbnail, show content or excerpt of any selected page in a widget ready area
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Show On Mobile
Up in the last 7 days:127#38,352by Dogan Ucar10 years ago
Shows or hides content (text or shortcodes) on mobile or desktop user agents.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide and Show Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:2,658#38,749by Kiran Badepalli10 years ago
Adds a toggle button to admin bar in the front-end to hide and show the admin bar when required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Happy Snowman
Up in the last 7 days:5,822#38,785by WPManiax9 years ago
Add nice looking animated jumping Snowman to your Wordpress site and enjoy winter and Christmas.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Media Widget
Down in the last 7 days:959#41,008by ole19862 years ago
Display media images or pdf documents in a widget filtered by categories
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show More for P2
Down in the last 7 days:948#41,090by Kyle Scheuerlein10 years ago
Automatically turn all posts into excerpts of 300 characters and add a "Show More" link that will load directly in the page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bibliar Search in the Bible
Down in the last 7 days:3,052#41,344by Schubert Tonarelli13 years ago
Comfortable widget to embed in your blogsite that allow to visits to searching in the Bible.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ShowMB
Up in the last 7 days:1,676#41,909by showmb9 years ago
Show automatically the followers you have on each social network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Portgorod OcStore & Opencart product widget
#42,058by Usernaprimer13 years ago
This plugin creates simpe widget to show products from your opencart or ocstore in your wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Menu & Widget Manager
Down in the last 7 days:1,800#42,236by sujin2f10 years ago
Make Wordpress menus and widgets hidden or shown.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dashboard Organizer
Down in the last 7 days:3,763#43,834by Marcelo Guerra3 years ago
This plugin gives you the ability to hide Wordpress admin menu items, keeping your dashboard clean and organized.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Version
Up in the last 7 days:1,602#43,967by nbonniot16 years ago
This plugin allow you to manage and show your own website version number (no the wordpress one).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Custom Dashboard Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:1,605#43,978by Rams079 years ago
Here is a short description of the plugin. This plugin allow us to show some important notifications on the WordPress Dashboard page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image show box
Up in the last 7 days:268#44,250by overtrue15 years ago
一款炫酷的图片查看插件,仿QQ空间个人中心查看图片效果。A cool image show box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WC always Show Shipping address
Down in the last 7 days:1,371#44,291by Suyash878 years ago
Using this plugin you can set shipping address fields on the woocommerce checkout page to be always visible. The checkbox will always be selected.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

HandL Hide Content
Down in the last 7 days:3,192#44,538by Haktan Suren5 months ago
HandL Hide Content is for people who want to hide contents based on the GET,REQUEST or POST parameters.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day