Best ui plugins for WordPress
The most popular ui plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Radio Buttons for Taxonomies leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Category Checklist Tree (5K+) and Fancy Admin UI (1K+). All 70 plugins tagged “ui” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 ui plugins
- 1.
Radio Buttons for TaxonomiesThe most installed ui plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 50 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.0.
- 2.Category Checklist Tree
5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.Fancy Admin UI
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes700+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.Collapsible Categories in the Dashboard
600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 6.Admin Bar Toggle
400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 18 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 7.
Clean unused shortcodes300+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.Dropdown Menus
200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
Admin Bar Wrap Fix200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 10.
Block Revealer200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
All 70 plugins tagged “ui”

Radio Buttons for Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,154by HelgaTheViking1 year ago
Replace the default taxonomy boxes with a custom metabox that uses radio buttons... effectively limiting each post to a single term in that taxonomy.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(50)
- Downloads
- 178/day
Category Checklist Tree
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,109by scribu9 years ago
Preserves the category hierarchy on the post editing screen
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 151/day
Fancy Admin UI
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,569by Bob Orchard8 years ago
Clean, blue theme that's customizable for the Wordpress Admin panel and Admin Bar
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes
Down in the last 7 days:34#8,027by runthings.dev8 months ago
Convert taxonomy tags to checkboxes in the WordPress admin area.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Collapsible Categories in the Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:15#8,519by newvibe7 years ago
In the Dashboard, collapses sub categories into hidden submenus that can be expanded and collapsed. Keeps selected categories visible.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Admin Bar Toggle
Up in the last 7 days:3#9,717by James Kemp11 years ago
Hides the admin bar on the front-end by default, and adds a toggle to activate it.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Clean unused shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:25#10,573by Amr Abdelkarem24 days ago
Scan your site for orphaned shortcodes and remove them safely from post content and excerpts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Dropdown Menus
Down in the last 7 days:60#11,141by Robert O'Rourke14 years ago
Display your WordPress menus as a dropdown select box. Great for mobile designs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Bar Wrap Fix
Up in the last 7 days:42#11,504by KZeni3 years ago
Fixes the wrap behavior of the WordPress admin bar when it has too many items. Keep it neat; don't spill/overflow into the content.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Block Revealer
Down in the last 7 days:17#11,932by Maxime Pertici4 months ago
Hightlight your blocks and stop clicking everywhere to find them.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Category Checklist Expander
Down in the last 7 days:103#14,038by Mark Jaquith14 years ago
Increases the height of the category checklist meta box on the post editing screen so that all categories are shown.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Descriptions
Down in the last 7 days:52#14,411by Tom de Visser1 year ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you add quick descriptions or personal notes to your posts and pages — perfect for reminders, to-do's, o …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSS3 Transitions
Up in the last 7 days:14#14,545by Nick Halsey9 years ago
This plugin automatically adds CSS3 transitions to your website/blog and the WordPress admin. Links, etc. get animated transitions between their norma …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Old Style Admin UI
Down in the last 7 days:83#15,988by Darken-x6 years ago
If you didn't like the new Wordpress 5.3 accessibility blue style for the buttons and other parts of the admin UI, this plugin is for you.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

DarkAdmin
Down in the last 7 days:2,328#17,452by AlexanderWagnerDevtoday
A simple, lightweight Dark Mode plugin for the WordPress Admin Dashboard with full color customization and Auto Dark Mode support.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Modern Design Library
Up in the last 7 days:283#18,355by Ciprian Popescu1 month ago
A Modern Design Library toolkit for blocks: separators, headings, marquees, call-to-action banners, and author boxes.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Site Grayscale Toggle
Up in the last 7 days:2,608#19,414by natthasath1 year ago
CSP-safe plugin that applies a site-wide grayscale filter with a front-end toggle. Control intensity (0–100) and whether to show a floating toggle but …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Product Preview for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:48#20,508by BeRocket15 days ago
Quick Product Preview for WooCommerce Shop Without Product Page Load
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Radio Taxonomy
Up in the last 7 days:510#22,322by Mitchell Bundy15 years ago
No more checkboxes, let's radio in.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Clickit Readmore
Up in the last 7 days:188#22,695by Xiangxu10 months ago
A lightweight and easy-to-use plugin that adds a customizable "Read More" toggle shortcode with a settings page to control button styles.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

OmniStack Admin
Up in the last 7 days:113#22,906by OmniStackWP4 months ago
A clean, modern skin for the WordPress admin. Dark sidebar, customizable accent color, and full WooCommerce & most popular page builders support.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Customizer UI
Up in the last 7 days:451#24,139by cperko5 years ago
Designed to help WordPress developers quickly and easily add Customizer sections and controls.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

bbPress
#25,321by daniluk400010 years ago
A great plugin completely changes the entire design bbpress in light or dark color
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.2(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Formats
#25,322by Dutch van Andel13 years ago
Improves the UI for WordPress's built-in post formats.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sticky Preview and Publish Buttons by FibroJedi
#26,053by Fibro Jedi11 months ago
Your own tab for Classic Editor containing the preview/publish buttons. As you use the editor, it scrolls with you. No more scrolling back to the top!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACD Admin Designer
Up in the last 7 days:63#26,263by steffen34ik6 months ago
Customize the WordPress admin interface with modern color schemes, live preview, presets, import and export.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Single Taxonomy Selector
Down in the last 7 days:91#27,020by BPOTechHue1 year ago
A powerful plugin that simplifies taxonomy term selection by enabling users to select a single parent term and its child terms with flexible selection …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Dropdown Hierarchical Category UI
Down in the last 7 days:175#27,126by Kharis Sulistiyono13 years ago
It makes the categories or taxonomies list in a better UI which enables show/hide toggle of child categories. Supports any custom post types.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Infinite Scroll for Genesis
Down in the last 7 days:321#27,821by Amar Ilindra4 years ago
Adds infinite scroll on the front page, blog, archives, and search results for themes running on Genesis Framework.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Floating Button/CTA
Down in the last 7 days:336#28,521by Trident Technolabs9 months ago
Easily add a floating button on your site with multiple sub-buttons in a half circle layout. Perfect for quick actions, call-to-action, or shortcuts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smooth Snow
Up in the last 7 days:22#29,543by codextgmbh5 years ago
A no Javascript Smooth Snow Animation Plugin for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mt8 Big Category CheckList
#29,574by Kazuto Takeshita11 years ago
Big Category Check List On Post Pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lazy Fade
#29,587by Ben Dunkle11 months ago
Lazy Fade is a simple plugin to enhance the presentation of your site. As the user scrolls, content will slightly fade and animate into view, adding a …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sitemap UI
Down in the last 7 days:304#30,777by Matt Gibbs4 years ago
Sitemap UI for WordPress 5.5+
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP UniformJS
Up in the last 7 days:10,293#36,108by Matthew Woodard11 years ago
Adds Uniform JS (sexy forms with jQuery) to your wordpress forms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Require First and Last Name
#36,113by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)15 years ago
Require first and last name from users who are editing their profiles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quick admin color scheme picker
#36,194by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)12 years ago
Lets you quickly switch between admin color schemes from the "howdy menu." Happy Birthday Sara Cannon! Contribute to development on GitHub.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxonomy Meta UI
Up in the last 7 days:806#39,074by Ralf Hortt11 years ago
Custom field support for terms
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Admin Reading
Up in the last 7 days:3,031#40,344by wycks13 years ago
Restores balance to WordPress 3.8's admin. Improves the admin experience especially if you have a lot of menu items.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Block Styling Backend
Up in the last 7 days:6,698#41,242by Dennys Dionigi2 years ago
A simple plugin that tries making Gutenberg's blocks a friendly tool.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:5,728#43,281by daniluk400011 years ago
A great plugin completely changes the entire design of BuddyPress in light or dark color
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Term Colors
Up in the last 7 days:1,618#44,081by Andrei Surdu7 years ago
Provides an easy to use interface to assign colors to any term from any taxonomy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minimal Shortcode UI
Down in the last 7 days:2,366#45,740by Max10 years ago
Allows theme/plugin developers to make their custom shortcodes easily accessible to their users through a modal dialog from the content editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clean Admin UI
#46,013by arend12 years ago
Easy Wordpress Menu, Remove menu items from the admin menu
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fix Google Newsstand Missing Images
Down in the last 7 days:6,229#46,446by abdobasha20047 years ago
When Wordpress site is submitted to Google Newsstand usually it get error that says: "Google Newsstand "Missing Images" error fix" this is due to the default feed generate by wordpress does not provide a featured images…
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Button It Up
Down in the last 7 days:2,492#46,763by parisvega14 years ago
Button It Up changes the upload/insert button style to look like an actual button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Hints
Down in the last 7 days:1,549#47,031by sojournings11 years ago
Provide a better user experience for you users, when they read your posts. Reduce the number outgoing, non-essential links.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
visual-tools-front-end-panel
Up in the last 7 days:5,878#49,772by kameleonosis1 year ago
Provides global visual customization (font size, spacing, colors) for WordPress admins, with live preview.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ColorfulUI
Up in the last 7 days:13,990#50,032by katsuakikureyama9 years ago
this generate random color ui.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Materializor
#50,159by runcoders4 years ago
Is a WordPress plugin and Elementor page builder extension with Material Design widgets and icons.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day