Best updater plugins for WordPress
The most popular updater plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Updater by BestWebSoft leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Auto Updates (1K+) and Deployer for Git (600+). All 12 plugins tagged “updater” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 updater plugins
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Updater by BestWebSoftThe most installed updater plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 52 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Auto Updates1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
Deployer for Git600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Outdated Template Updater for WooCommerce40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
Stop Auto Updating Dangit30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Auto Update WP10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Year Updater10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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SVN Updater10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 9.
Twittrup10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.1.
- 10.
BizzyBees Content AggregatorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 12 plugins tagged “updater”
Updater by BestWebSoft
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,548by bestwebsoft11 months ago
Automatically update WordPress core, plugins, themes, and translations. Schedule updates and get email notifications – no FTP needed.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(52)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Auto Updates
Down in the last 7 days:16#5,723by Minor4 years ago
Let WordPress to automatically update his core, plugins and themes - silently in the background.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Deployer for Git
Up in the last 7 days:101#8,309by alex91ckua21 days ago
Install and update plugins (and themes) hosted on your repo hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, or Gitea in a single click.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Outdated Template Updater for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:637#22,911by Dazze Studio5 months ago
Automatically updates outdated WooCommerce template file(s) in your active theme to match the latest version of WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stop Auto Updating Dangit
Down in the last 7 days:110#23,414by Eli12 years ago
This plugin simply stop WordPress from automatically updating for you.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Update WP
#29,641by Hybrid Webs6 years ago
This Wordpress Plugin will automatically update his core, plugins and themes with any noticication or message.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Year Updater
#31,932by Emmanuel Chekumbe2 years ago
Change the year in the title easily with a click of a button. A WordPress plugin to update the titles of posts with a specific year in their title.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SVN Updater
Up in the last 7 days:4,893#42,583by Viktor Szépe11 years ago
Install any WordPress.org plugin's trunk version from SVN.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twittrup
Down in the last 7 days:7,939#47,048by marco_b17 years ago
Updates Twitter when you create a new blog post utilizing an shortener service of your choice.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BizzyBees Content Aggregator
#53,380by bizzybees10 months ago
BizzyBees aggregates content from multiple pages, sites & authorized sources using AI, with automated source attribution.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GP Translation Updater
#67,864by meloniq (Andrzej Piotrowski)1 year ago
Adds a support for automatic updates of translations from custom GlotPress instances.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day