Best small plugins for WordPress
The most popular small plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-Yomigana leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Micro-warehouse Shipping Quotes (10+) and WUI LightBox (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “small” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 small plugins
- 1.
WP-YomiganaThe most installed small plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Micro-warehouse Shipping Quotes10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
WUI LightBox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “small”

WP-Yomigana
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,462by Hametuha INC.1 month ago
このプラグインはWordPressのエディターにrubyタグを入力する機能を追加します。
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Micro-warehouse Shipping Quotes
Up in the last 7 days:379#29,029by enituretechnology1 year ago
This is an add-on plugin for the Small Package Quotes and LTL Freight Quotes plugins (which are available for many transportation providers) published …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WUI LightBox
Up in the last 7 days:11,581#36,106by iyass.si10 years ago
Simple include plugin for ui-kit lightbox . you can activate it for all images in your website automatically and it gives you little control of using …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day