Best standalone plugins for WordPress
The most popular standalone plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. YouCan Pay leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of w4os (30+) and Geo IP Library (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “standalone” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 standalone plugins
- 1.YouCan Pay
The most installed standalone plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
w4os30+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Geo IP Library10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “standalone”
YouCan Pay
Down in the last 7 days:37#12,934by YouCan Pay1 year ago
Take credit card payments on your store using YouCan Pay.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

w4os
Down in the last 7 days:655#24,934by Olivier van Helden2 years ago
WordPress interface for OpenSimulator (w4os)
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Geo IP Library
#46,284by Ricardo Miguel9 years ago
Provides simple geo ip country location features for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day