Best smart plugins for WordPress
The most popular smart plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Category Ordering leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of FWS On-Demand-Resizer (30+) and iOS Smart App Banner For Safari (20+). All 13 plugins tagged “smart” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 smart plugins
- 1.
Smart Category OrderingThe most installed smart plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.5.
- 2.
FWS On-Demand-Resizer30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
iOS Smart App Banner For Safari20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 4.
Smart Visitor Tracker10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
WP Smart Taxonomy10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 6.
Shortener URL Redirect10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 7.
Smart Upsell Compare for WoocommerceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 8.
Smart AnswerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Smart Search URL Auto CorrectFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 10.
HelpWidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 13 plugins tagged “smart”
Smart Category Ordering
Down in the last 7 days:28#22,205by tierrainnovation15 years ago
Allows you to alphabetize categories by post title, by trimming leading text, by post date.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FWS On-Demand-Resizer
#24,352by Tekod lab.1 year ago
Smart on-demand image resizer for WordPress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
iOS Smart App Banner For Safari
Down in the last 7 days:411#26,278by carpemobile10 years ago
iOS Smart App Banner For Safari plugin quickly and easily displays app banners for your web users who are using mobile Safari on iOS.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Visitor Tracker
Up in the last 7 days:2,201#41,753by pulsemediagroup7 years ago
The best tracker to analyse who exactly is visiting your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Smart Taxonomy
Down in the last 7 days:4,203#42,118by DualCube10 years ago
A cool new Wordpress plugin that helps you to make smart collection of posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shortener URL Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:1,930#47,081by florianluce5 years ago
Generate short url for all posts, custom post types and pages to redirect your user to the long URL. No more long URLs share!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Upsell Compare for Woocommerce
#65,522by iffikhan305 years ago
Woocommerce Smart Upsell Compare plugin for specific for woocommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Answer
Down in the last 7 days:12,593#66,054by Softcial1 year ago
Create custom questions, deploy via shortcodes, manage responses, mark favorites or ban.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Search URL Auto Correct
Down in the last 7 days:17,305#71,290by SwiftNinjaPro6 years ago
Reduce 404 errors by correcting typos, simplifying words, and compering them to a list of your existing pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HelpWidget
#71,582by et4aa1 year ago
This plugin is designed to help customers It is highly dynamic, allowing the content of the HelpWidget and its display timing to be fully customizable
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:21,691#71,738by James9 years ago
Easily increase the conversion rate of your search with the MoCo High Performance Search. Super easy setup. Super fast results.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vanguard Smart Incremental Backups for Google Drive
#74,235by Luis10 days ago
Vanguard Smart Incremental Backups for Google Drive: Secure, smart, and lightweight incremental backups optimized for all hosting environments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day