Best visited plugins for WordPress
The most popular visited plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Posts Viewed Recently leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of DD Last Viewed (400+) and Visited US States (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “visited” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 visited plugins
- 1.Posts Viewed Recently
The most installed visited plugin, with 700+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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DD Last Viewed400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 26 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.Visited US States
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 5 plugins tagged “visited”
Posts Viewed Recently
Up in the last 7 days:7#7,915by Amit Sonkhiya5 years ago
Posts Viewed Recently plugin shows recently viewed posts or pages by a visitor as a responsive sidebar widget or on a page/post using the shortcode.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DD Last Viewed
Down in the last 7 days:129#9,545by Mosterd3d6 years ago
Shows the users recently viewed/visited posts, filtered on types or terms, in a widget.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(26)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Visited US States
Up in the last 7 days:267#28,741by pcsforme12 years ago
Uses amMap's JavaScript maps to display a map of visited places via shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day