Best updraft plugins for WordPress
The most popular updraft plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Disable Admin WP Cron Notice For UpdraftPlus (70+) and DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News (50+). All 3 plugins tagged “updraft” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 updraft plugins
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Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus BackupsThe most installed updraft plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Disable Admin WP Cron Notice For UpdraftPlus70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “updraft”
Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,564by David Baumwald1 year ago
An UpdraftPlus extension that excludes image size thumbnails, generated by WordPress, from Updraft backups.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 25/day
Disable Admin WP Cron Notice For UpdraftPlus
#18,279by David Baumwald1 year ago
An UpdraftPlus extension to remove the 'DISABLE_WP_CRON' admin notice if the site is using a server cron.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News
Down in the last 7 days:180#20,961by David Baumwald1 year ago
A small plugin to hide UpdraftPlus related "news" from the admin dashboard.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day