Best template tag plugins for WordPress
The most popular template tag plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lotos Likes leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Monthchunks (70+) and Adjacent Archive Links (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “template tag” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 template tag plugins
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Lotos LikesThe most installed template tag plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
Monthchunks70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Adjacent Archive Links
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.RainyShots
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
All 6 plugins tagged “template tag”

Lotos Likes
Up in the last 7 days:37#13,293by Excellent Dynamics2 years ago
Add "like" functionality to your posts and pages
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Monthchunks
Down in the last 7 days:78#18,104by Justin Watt10 months ago
Concisely display monthly archives by year with links to each month.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adjacent Archive Links
Down in the last 7 days:365#30,618by Justin Watt11 years ago
Adds two new template tags to output previous and next links on date archive pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RainyShots
Up in the last 7 days:2,034#41,662by rainypixels15 years ago
Adds a template function — rs_shots() — that returns an array of the 15 latest Dribbble shots by a player.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day