Best skills plugins for WordPress
The most popular skills plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Resume Builder leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of HM Resume Manager (100+) and Sherky Simple Portfolio (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “skills” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 skills plugins
- 1.
Resume BuilderThe most installed skills plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 17 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
HM Resume Manager100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Sherky Simple Portfolio10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
Sherk Skills Landing Pages Plugin10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 5 plugins tagged “skills”

Resume Builder
Down in the last 7 days:30#5,574by Justin Scheetz8 months ago
Create one or many resumes with a photo, contact info, education, experience, skills, and more!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(17)
- Downloads
- 12/day

HM Resume Manager
Down in the last 7 days:54#14,902by Hossni Mubarak25 days ago
WordPress Resume Manager plugin to display and manage personal resume or CV at your WordPress webpage.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Sherky Simple Portfolio
#39,167by SherkSpear11 years ago
Creates simple yet elegant responsive portfolio using shortcode into your page. Work samples are displayed using a fancy jquery plugin jportilio.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sherk Skills Landing Pages Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:6,619#41,497by SherkSpear11 years ago
Landing pages for your skills with videos and websites references of your trainings.Widgets and shortcodes are implemented for displays.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day