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Best simple plugins for WordPress

The most popular simple 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 Simple Taxonomy Ordering (10K+) and Simple Login Captcha (10K+). All 202 plugins tagged “simple” 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 10 simple plugins

  1. 1.
    Catch IDs

    The most installed simple plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Simple Taxonomy Ordering

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 28 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.

  3. 3.
    Simple Login Captcha

    10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 17 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    KIA Subtitle

    7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    Custom Meta Widget

    7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  6. 6.
    Custom CSS Pro

    7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Razorpay Quick Payments

    2K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  8. 8.
    Super Simple Google Analytics

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  9. 9.
    Simple Colorbox

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  10. 10.
    Simplelightbox

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.0.

All 202 plugins tagged “simple”