Best standard plugins for WordPress
The most popular standard plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Unit Converter leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Standard XML Sitemaps (10+) and Interaction Boilerplate Creator (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “standard” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 standard plugins
- 1.
Unit ConverterThe most installed standard plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 2.
Standard XML Sitemaps10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.
- 3.
Interaction Boilerplate CreatorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “standard”
Unit Converter
#26,523by miknight7 years ago
Detects units of measurement in your blog text and automatically displays the metric or US customary equivalent in one of several possible ways.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Standard XML Sitemaps
Down in the last 7 days:849#30,628by Patrick Chia18 years ago
Automatic generate standard XML sitemap for wordpress blog and add sitemap into current robots.txt. It's like XML feed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Interaction Boilerplate Creator
Up in the last 7 days:1,878#64,042by Leonardo José Nunes8 months ago
Easily create boilerplates for developing interactive plugins in the WordPress standard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day