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Best university plugins for WordPress

The most popular university plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Education leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Faculty and Staff Directory (10+) and UCAS (fewer than 10). All 7 plugins tagged “University” 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.

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Top 5 university plugins

  1. 1.
    WP Education

    The most installed university plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Faculty and Staff Directory

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  3. 3.
    UCAS

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.

  4. 4.
    AcademicCrew

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    Serapeum Multi-Catalog Bibliographic Search

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

All 7 plugins tagged “University”