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Best upcoming plugins for WordPress

The most popular upcoming plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Coming Soon Products for WooCommerce leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of SOUP (70+) and Events Listing Widget (60+). All 11 plugins tagged “upcoming” 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 8 upcoming plugins

  1. 1.
    Coming Soon Products for WooCommerce

    The most installed upcoming plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    SOUP

    70+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  3. 3.
    Events Listing Widget

    60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Jason Birthday Widget

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  5. 5.
    Show Next Upcoming Post

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

  6. 6.
    Now Showing at Local Venues

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago.

  7. 7.
    Simple upcoming

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.

  8. 8.
    BCD Upcoming Posts

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

All 11 plugins tagged “upcoming”