Best trending plugins for WordPress
The most popular trending plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Popular Posts leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of T4B News Ticker (7K+) and My Trending Post (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “trending” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 trending plugins
- 1.
WP Popular PostsThe most installed trending plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 249 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
T4B News Ticker7K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 16 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
My Trending Post10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.
Pitikostudio Viral Engagement ToolkitFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
MNP NewsroomFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “trending”
WP Popular Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1#334by Hector Cabrera6 days ago
A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(249)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day
T4B News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,669by Realwebcare5 months ago
Display breaking news, trending posts, or custom text with this fast WordPress news ticker plugin. Grab attention using 4 scrolling animations.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.5(16)
- Downloads
- 36/day
My Trending Post
Down in the last 7 days:126#43,919by tranchesdunet14 years ago
Automatically searches the Trending Topic on Twitter and send a tweet with a link to an article related in your blog
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Pitikostudio Viral Engagement Toolkit
#59,881by pitikostudio1 month ago
Add reactions, view counts, hot scores, trending lists, shortcodes, and a widget to any WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MNP Newsroom
#66,331by Leonardo Cofano2 months ago
A lightweight popular posts widget featuring smart tracking, anti-bot logic and REST API data loading.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day