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.
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Top 10 simple plugins
- 1.
Catch IDsThe most installed simple plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Simple Taxonomy Ordering10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 28 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.
Simple Login Captcha10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 17 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.KIA Subtitle
7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
Custom Meta Widget7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
Custom CSS Pro7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Razorpay Quick Payments2K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
Super Simple Google Analytics2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 9.
Simple Colorbox1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 10.
Simplelightbox1K+ 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”

Catch IDs
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,282by 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

Simple Taxonomy Ordering
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,444by Evan Herman3 years ago
Quickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 222/day

Simple Login Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,951by Nikolay Nikolov2 months ago
Adds a simple 3-digit number captcha on the login form.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(17)
- Downloads
- 35/day
KIA Subtitle
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,590by HelgaTheViking18 days ago
The KIA Subtitle plugin allows you to add a subtitle to your posts.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 60/day

Custom Meta Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8#2,624by Luke Mlsna8 years ago
Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Custom CSS Pro
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,658by YellowPencil2 months ago
Professional real-time CSS editor for those who want to code CSS.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 32/day

Razorpay Quick Payments
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,341by Razorpay1 year ago
Allows you to easily sell things using Razorpay on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 2.8(5)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Super Simple Google Analytics
#4,583by Luke Mlsna8 years ago
Very simple plugin for reliably inserting your Google Analytics tracking code on every page.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.2(10)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Simple Colorbox
Up in the last 7 days:4#5,387by Ryan Hellyer9 years ago
Description: Adds a very simple Colorbox to your linked images.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simplelightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,694by aknieriem3 years ago
Touch-friendly image lightbox for mobile and desktop without requiring jQuery
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Simple Popup Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4#6,245by Garrett Grimm2 years ago
This plugin makes it easy to create a simple, modifiable popup window.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(12)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Simple Google Analytics Tracking
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,463by Dustyn Doyle9 years ago
Add Google Analytics to your site with just the Tracking ID through Simple Google Analytics Tracking.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Minimal Maintenance Mode
Up in the last 7 days:96#6,854by Stach Redeker2 months ago
The Minimal Maintenance Mode plugin is a simple and lightweight solution to enable a maintenance mode on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Live Simple Clock
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,748by tkjarmel6 years ago
Live Simple Clock is a real time display plugin. It takes into account time zones and hours system formats 24h and 12h (PM, AM).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Logged-in-only
Down in the last 7 days:15#7,963by Drivingralle2 months ago
A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Alligator Menu Popup
Down in the last 7 days:11#8,642by cubecolour1 year ago
Add the 'mpopup' class to a menu item in a custom menu to open the target in a popup Window.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Widget Builder
Down in the last 7 days:38#9,091by Modern Tribe, Inc.11 years ago
Widget Builder uses native WordPress editing interface to provide a unique tool to build custom widgets for your site(s).
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.7(10)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Simple SEO
Up in the last 7 days:27#9,373by Pär Thernström1 month ago
The SEO basics: a title, a description and a "don't index" checkbox for every page. Small, fast, and no upsell banners all over your admin.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background
Up in the last 7 days:30#10,508by tommygeorge12 years ago
For themes with background images, creates a parallax effect when scrolling. Super simple; no configuration. Just works.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shipping Discount for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:41#10,960by Ali1 year ago
Want to make a strikeout price for shipping? It's easy to use the shipping discount plugin, all you have to do is set the shipping discount you w …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Redirect to Homepage
Up in the last 7 days:35#11,591by BjornW6 years ago
Redirects a logged in user to the homepage instead of the Dashboard.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plugin Name
Down in the last 7 days:10#11,943by Z.com byGMO10 years ago
GMO Showtime slider plugin gives cool effects to the slider in a snap. The control screen is simple, for anyone to easily use.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Simple Dropbox Upload
Up in the last 7 days:3#12,400by hiphopsmurf13 years ago
Inserts an upload form for visitors to upload files to you Dropbox account without the need of a Dropbox developer account.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(13)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Casper's Flyin' Call-to-Action
Down in the last 7 days:17#12,584by XAce905 years ago
A lightweight, highly customizable call-to-action plugin that makes it easy to get your visitors' attention.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Simple Page to Sidebar
Down in the last 7 days:76#13,175by stiwahn14 years ago
Simple Page to Sidebar lets you simply add page content to a sidebar. No more, no less.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cashfree Quick Button
Down in the last 7 days:33#14,105by Cashfree5 years ago
Allows you to easily built payment buttons on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Really Simple Login Logo
Up in the last 7 days:41#14,143by CRFTD9 months ago
A lightweight, secure, and user-friendly plugin to customize your WordPress login page logo.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
last updated
Up in the last 7 days:13#14,407by hobbeshunter11 years ago
Mark posts as significantly updated an display them in a widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Children Pages
Down in the last 7 days:11#14,651by swedish boy15 years ago
Displays children pages of the current top-parent page in a sidebar widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Magic Popups
Up in the last 7 days:3#14,719by Matt Fletcher4 years ago
Add lightweight and customizable popups to your WordPress site. You can choose to display your popups on specific pages. You can also display the popu …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Notices
Up in the last 7 days:76#14,983by Syed Balkhi11 years ago
A simple plugin that adds a notification system to your WordPress. Via custom post types, Simple Notices gives you a way to make announcements that ar …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Simple Downloads List
Down in the last 7 days:97#15,018by Neofix1 year ago
Provide a list of downloads for your visitors - quick and easy. With download categories and mobile friendly design.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Elemental Calculator
Down in the last 7 days:226#15,913by Amaury RAMBAUD5 months ago
Insert a simple calculator in your WordPress website with a widget or the shortcode [elemental_calculator].
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AI-SEO KISS
Up in the last 7 days:147#16,618by Jordy Meow2 years ago
SEO for AI-Driven Search. As AI takes the lead in search technology, AI-SEO KISS helps you adapt to this evolution by removing traditional SEO hassles …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multiple Sidebar Generator
Down in the last 7 days:40#16,816by Deepak Sharma9 years ago
Easily assign custom, widget-enabled sidebars to any page.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Fonts Loader
Down in the last 7 days:14#18,077by Tom Baumgarten2 months ago
Un simple plugin qui permet d'activer des polices d'écritures de Google Fonts et de mettre les @font-face sur le site.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Simple Tel Tracking
#18,369by harrymt9 years ago
Adds Google Analytic code to all tel links and mailto links.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Simple Stripe Checkout
Up in the last 7 days:32#18,756by growniche2 years ago
It is a plug-in that can install the payment button of the payment platform "Stripe".
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Blog Authors Widget
Down in the last 7 days:25#18,927by Stanko Metodiev10 years ago
This plugin lets provides a simple widget to list your blog's authors, including gravatar and post counts
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

About Us Widget
Up in the last 7 days:35#19,259by fervillz10 years ago
Easy installation - No settings needed, just add the link of your image, write desciption and paste link to your about us page or any page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP-Parsi JW Player
Up in the last 7 days:24#19,927by Morteza Geransayeh7 years ago
Create player with JW Player shortcode on-the-fly!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Simple Archive Generator
Down in the last 7 days:29#22,214by peterwsterling17 years ago
A very simple (to use and configure) plug-in to generate a complete list (by category) of all posts.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author
Down in the last 7 days:369#22,722by Munzir13 years ago
A simple shoutbox with accordion option and customizable through admin panel.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Yonox Add Multiple Posts
Down in the last 7 days:139#22,958by yonox9 years ago
Yonox Add Multiple Posts enables a WordPress admin to quickly add multiple posts or pages at once.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ryans Simple CMS
Down in the last 7 days:8#23,088by Ryan Hellyer8 years ago
The Simple CMS plugin converts your WordPress admin panel into a simple CMS. This is aimed at web designers who want to provide a simple adminstration …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Pictures Slider
Down in the last 7 days:168#23,121by Tom Baumgarten2 years ago
A simple plugin to display a picture slider. Light, efficient and compatible with ACF. Best for developers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Opinion System note & avis Demo
Down in the last 7 days:4#23,702by Amaury RAMBAUD5 months ago
Ajouter la note globale et un récapitulatif de vos avis Opinion System avec le shortcode [opinion_system_note_avis] ou grâce à un widget.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Simple Email Form
Up in the last 7 days:356#24,464by Sean Newby9 years ago
Simple Email Form creates a simple email contact form to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple FAQ
Down in the last 7 days:77#24,610by slav12315 years ago
Simple FAQ gives you ability to create very simple FAQ on your site (questions and answers)
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simply Better Scroll Bar
#25,063by SwiftNinjaPro6 years ago
A simple, better looking scrollbar for your website.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day