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Best utility plugins for WordPress

The most popular utility plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CiviCRM Admin Utilities leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar (500+) and Editor Enhancer for Oxygen (500+). All 49 plugins tagged “utility” 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 10 utility plugins

  1. 1.
    CiviCRM Admin Utilities

    The most installed utility plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar

    500+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

  3. 3.
    Editor Enhancer for Oxygen

    500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  4. 4.
    Theme Inspector

    400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 11 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

  5. 5.
    i-Divi Post Settings

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.

  6. 6.
    Simple Dashboard Todo

    100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  7. 7.
    CSS Margin & Padding Utility

    60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  8. 8.
    Wowholic CORE

    60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  9. 9.
    DNS Manager for Cloudflare

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  10. 10.
    TK Shortcode Link

    40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.

All 49 plugins tagged “utility”