Limited-Time Offer

Get Extra 20% off on FullCharge Yearly Plan — available for first 10 users only. Don’t miss out! 🚀

TrackWP

Best template tags plugins for WordPress

The most popular template tags plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Excerpts leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Copyright Autoupdater (10+) and Post Index Helpers (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “template tags” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

Research this niche or see all plugins.

Top 4 template tags plugins

  1. 1.
    Custom Excerpts

    The most installed template tags plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.

  2. 2.
    Copyright Autoupdater

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  3. 3.
    Post Index Helpers

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  4. 4.
    Inject Query Posts

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

All 4 plugins tagged “template tags”