Best summary plugins for WordPress
The most popular summary plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Visual Link Preview leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Details Summary Block (200+) and Show / Hide Section Block (90+). All 62 plugins tagged “summary” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 summary plugins
- 1.
Visual Link PreviewThe most installed summary plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Details Summary Block200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 3.
Show / Hide Section Block90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Auto Summarize Post Content90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
Simple Event Summary for SportsPress70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
SummarAIze50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
HTML5 Details Polyfill50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 8.
TLDR30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 9.
Dashboard Summary10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 10.
WP Trip Summary10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
All 62 plugins tagged “summary”
Visual Link Preview
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,851by Brecht2 months ago
Display a fully customizable visual link preview for any internal or external link.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(36)
- Downloads
- 70/day
Details Summary Block
Up in the last 7 days:2#12,931by Denis Žoljom6 years ago
This plugin provides a simple block for the `` HTML element.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show / Hide Section Block
Up in the last 7 days:115#17,060by Happy Prime1 year ago
Display an accessible show/hide interface with details and summary elements.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Summarize Post Content
Down in the last 7 days:51#17,116by blogvii2 years ago
Auto-summarize content and display it at the top or bottom of the post.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Event Summary for SportsPress
Down in the last 7 days:73#18,166by Savvas1 month ago
The Simple Event Summary for SportsPress plugin enhances your SportsPress plugin by adding a brief event summary below the main event card.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SummarAIze
Up in the last 7 days:464#20,589by James Wilson2 months ago
Publisher-controlled AI key takeaways for WordPress. Bring your own API key, edit summaries, and bulk-manage them at scale.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 14/day
HTML5 Details Polyfill
Up in the last 7 days:141#20,786by j14 years ago
Adds fallback support for the HTML5 <details> and <summary> elements in browsers that don't support them.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TLDR
Down in the last 7 days:278#24,558by Matthew Barby10 years ago
Increase leads whilst offering a better user experience to your readers with concise post summaries.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Summary
Down in the last 7 days:373#27,982by Rejaul Alom Khan5 days ago
Colorful admin dashboard cards for blog and WooCommerce stats, with custom gradient colors. Works with or without WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Trip Summary
#28,442by Alexandru BOIA2 years ago
A WordPress trip summary plugin to help travel bloggers manage and display structured information about their train rides and biking or hiking trips.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Digi Report
#28,592by digiperforma.com.br9 months ago
A plugin that automatically generates and sends WordPress maintenance reports via email with analytics integration.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Summary Page
#34,058by ktraff13 years ago
Need to add an online summary to BuddyPress? We developed a plugin that is small and compact just for you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Summary & Details
Down in the last 7 days:820#34,541by Ned Zimmerman7 years ago
This plugin adds a Gutenberg block which provides with an optional.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Snapshot
Up in the last 7 days:2,159#35,120by darrinb12 years ago
Easily display a summary of post text or custom text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BZC AI Summary Box
Up in the last 7 days:2,953#36,221by BZC7 months ago
Add an editable AI summary box to posts and pages. Style colors, border radius and position from the admin panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PostSummary
Up in the last 7 days:6,994#36,318by ognigiorno15 years ago
Postsummary creates a widget that contains a list of posts with title and the beginning of the text. You can style and add a thumbnail.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bix AI Writer
#36,715by bilirsoft1 year ago
AI-assisted content & summary generator for the WordPress block editor. Works with OpenAI, OpenRouter, or local Ollama. No vendor lock-in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-guifi
Up in the last 7 days:6,473#38,730by albert.sarle15 years ago
Visualitza una llista de nodes operatius i la seva disponibilitat en una zona de guifi(http://guifi.net,la xarxa lliure oberta, alternativa i neutral)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post summarizer
Up in the last 7 days:4,503#39,202post-summarizer18 years ago
This plugin create an automatic excerpt of a post when it is saved or published. The excerpt created is a coherent piece of text containing the most i …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Content AI Summary
#39,948by Krishna1 year ago
Generate AI-powered summaries for your posts using Gemini AI. Display clean summaries with a shortcode on any supported post type.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Magnet
Up in the last 7 days:1,792#42,920by wpklangoo5 years ago
This plugin allows you to integrate the Magnet Audience Engagement Solution very easily on any WordPress powered website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Summary Generator
#45,148by justinjiajia1 year ago
An unofficial plugin that uses OpenAI-compatible API to automatically generate summaries of WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp_summary
Down in the last 7 days:853#46,101by Didier Sampaolo12 years ago
wp_summary will automagically show a summary of your post at its beginning, using h1, h2 and h3 tags to create sections.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Summy
#47,840by chr1513 years ago
Summy generates excerpts for your posts by applying various algorithms for automatic summarization extraction.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RK AI Post Reader
Up in the last 7 days:20,102#49,009by rohan0029 months ago
AI-powered post summarizer and reader with support for English, Hindi, and Nepali using Gemini AI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Postology
#50,292by Postology1 year ago
Transform your blog with AI-powered post summaries that capture your readers' attention, reduce bounce rates, and increase engagement.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Contentifizer AI Processor
Up in the last 7 days:22,492#50,910by samiur66882 months ago
Process WordPress post and page content using Google AI Studio (Gemini API) to generate summaries, FAQs, and heading suggestions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Summary
#51,832by Need You1 year ago
Smart Summary is a plugin that quickly summarizes your articles.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ultraDevs AI Summarizer Block
Up in the last 7 days:11,479#52,178by ultraDevs7 months ago
Gutenberg block to summarize your post content using various AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Grok.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LSS
#53,002by Giuseppe Tavera2 months ago
Automatically generates an AI Summary box for WordPress articles using the OpenAI API. Up to 5 key points, displayed before the content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fscan
Up in the last 7 days:13,838#55,688by Franck Scandolera6 months ago
Automatically add links to various AI services to summarize your posts and Custom Post Types content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SummaTap
Up in the last 7 days:11,006#56,670by GuruWalk SEO Team1 year ago
Floating button that opens ChatGPT to summarize the current page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HD SofT AI Summary
Down in the last 7 days:2,085#59,241by HD SofT Oy1 year ago
Automatically generate AI-powered summaries for your WordPress posts using OpenRouter API integration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
VoxAI
Down in the last 7 days:2,812#59,379by caioferreiradev5 months ago
AI text to speech for WordPress posts: add audio narration and a smart AI summary in one click. Powered by OpenAI, no recording needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Nerdy Posts
#59,395by sitesteward1 month ago
Give your visitors AI-powered post summaries and a chat panel — powered by ChatGPT, organized by category, cached to keep costs low.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EMIANO PDF Summarizer
#59,454by littycojp5 days ago
Summarize PDFs with Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, or WordPress Connectors, review and edit the result, and insert it as standard WordPress blocks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Muki AI Summary
Down in the last 7 days:4,751#60,779by Muki Wu1 year ago
Generate article summaries using Open AI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BriefWing
#61,158by Florian Hieß1 month ago
Let readers summarize a page with ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok or Google AI Mode, and prefer your site on Google. No cookies, no tracking.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Pointwise Summary
Up in the last 7 days:1,391#61,701by Aminul Islam2 months ago
Generate instant TL;DR summaries with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Save & Summarize
#62,194by Ashish Kumar11 months ago
Let users save posts for later and get a weekly digest — with optional AI-generated summaries.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fast AI LLM Summarizer
Up in the last 7 days:2,653#62,399by ColorWhistle1 month ago
Automatically generate concise AI-powered summaries for WordPress posts using OpenAI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Voxfor AI Content Summary
Up in the last 7 days:2,652#62,408by voxfor3 months ago
Generate accurate AI-powered summaries of your WordPress content using Claude or ChatGPT. Faithful to source, no external knowledge added.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vexalyn AI Summary
Down in the last 7 days:9,332#64,288by Kantari Samy9 days ago
Generate article summaries with your LLM (Ollama, Claude or ChatGPT) directly from the Gutenberg editor sidebar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SummPressAI
Down in the last 7 days:2,892#65,265by VNED.PRO1 year ago
SummPressAI powered tool that summarizes WordPress posts and pages automatically.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cremicro AI Summary Links
Up in the last 7 days:3,120#65,927by Cremicro Digital Marketing2 months ago
Add configurable AI summary links for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, and Google AI Mode without API keys.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Digest
Down in the last 7 days:8,126#67,377by Wise-Relations.com1 year ago
Boost engagement with AI summary buttons. Track user interests through prompt analytics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AHM AI Post Summary
Down in the last 7 days:4,908#67,736by Aung Hein Mynn2 months ago
Automatically generate AI-powered summaries for your blog posts using Google Gemini or OpenAI ChatGPT to improve reader engagement and SEO.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Preferable
Down in the last 7 days:8,624#68,230by wpformation29 days ago
Let readers summarize your posts with their AI assistant and add your site to their Google preferred sources.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Condensius Summaries
#68,727by samiur66882 months ago
Generate summaries for posts and pages using Google AI Studio (Gemini API).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Craftengineer Article Highlights Box
Up in the last 7 days:3,151#69,057by WP Craft Engineer18 days ago
Adds a lightweight article insight box at the top of WordPress blog posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day