Best standout plugins for WordPress
The most popular standout plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Meta News & Standout tag leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Standout Content (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “standout” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 standout plugins
- 1.
Meta News & Standout tagThe most installed standout plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
Standout Content10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 2 plugins tagged “standout”
Meta News & Standout tag
Down in the last 7 days:71#26,017by Condence9 years ago
This tags are necessary if your blog or news website has been included to Google News.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Standout Content
#39,810by Dennis15 years ago
Standout Content adds an option to mark a post as standout for Google News.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day