Best storytelling plugins for WordPress
The most popular storytelling plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Web Stories leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Timeline (2K+) and My Story (500+). All 15 plugins tagged “storytelling” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 storytelling plugins
- 1.
Web StoriesThe most installed storytelling plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 87 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Timeline2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
My Story500+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Web Stories Enhancer200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Shorthand Connect100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
AlitaYoko Conversations80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
Scrollytelling10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Gorres Scrollytelling10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
ZMOOZ Web Stories10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 10.
Storytelling10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 15 plugins tagged “storytelling”
Web Stories
Down in the last 7 days:2#686by Google1 year ago
Web Stories are a visual storytelling format for the open web which immerses your readers in fast-loading, full-screen, and visually rich experiences.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.2(87)
- Downloads
- 202/day
Timeline
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,717by bPlugins13 days ago
Create stunning vertical or horizontal timelines to showcase stories, events, milestones, and memories on any WordPress site – no coding needed.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 35/day
My Story
Up in the last 7 days:38#8,712by Saeed Piri1 year ago
Create your own custom Instagram style stories. ✌
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Web Stories Enhancer
Down in the last 7 days:62#12,799by Magazine31 year ago
This is the Web Stories Enhancer Plugin for showing the web stories to the website with the help of a shortcode [web_stories_enhancer].
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shorthand Connect
Down in the last 7 days:232#15,413by Shorthand6 months ago
This plugin provides a simple method for publishing and updating Shorthand stories directly inside of Wordpress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
AlitaYoko Conversations
Down in the last 7 days:69#18,101by alitayoko22 days ago
Build visual conversations and dialogue stories with participants, narration, multiple styles, Gutenberg support, and progressive reveals.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Scrollytelling
Down in the last 7 days:39#31,306by Scrollytelling2 months ago
Embed your interactive, scroll-driven Scrollytelling stories into any post or page — inline or as a launch card.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gorres Scrollytelling
#34,712by jgorres1 month ago
Full-screen media that stay in place while text boxes scroll across them, built from blocks in the editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZMOOZ Web Stories
#41,766by Prince Nick BALLO3 years ago
ZMOOZ Stories is a solution that allows publishers and bloggers to automatically transform their articles into Web Story format.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Storytelling
Up in the last 7 days:5,347#41,928by David Massiani11 years ago
Storytelling enable macro-template for created beautiful storytelling content with custom fields
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adventurebook
Up in the last 7 days:4,729#43,553by Mario J. Gaida2 months ago
Lets you create interactive Storybooks or Roleplay-Like Adventurebooks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GazetteBuilder
Up in the last 7 days:14,941#53,220by robertjbecraft2 months ago
GazetteBuilder adds a dedicated content model for worldbuilding: entries, entry types, story progression, and relationships.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
One-Aeventure
Up in the last 7 days:10,748#61,875by Dennis Wendt22 days ago
Create structured events, adventures and narrative scenes with clean, predictable Gutenberg output.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clouds and Spaceships
#67,324by Namatamago Dev28 days ago
For Worldbuilders, Storytellers, and Mapmakers: turn an image into an interactive canvas of maps and stories, linked to wiki articles and glossaries.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Interactive Funnel Engine
#71,025by jrosalesdev5 months ago
Create simple interactive funnels and decision-based experiences inside WordPress using nodes, buttons, backgrounds and shortcodes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day