Best wayback plugins for WordPress
The most popular wayback plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Archivarix External Images Importer leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of LH Wayback Machine (300+) and Archiver (50+). All 4 plugins tagged “wayback” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 wayback plugins
- 1.Archivarix External Images Importer
The most installed wayback plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
LH Wayback Machine300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.Archiver
50+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.
Add Smart Wayback Machine links to URLsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 4 plugins tagged “wayback”
Archivarix External Images Importer
Down in the last 7 days:34#5,332by Archivarix Support5 months ago
Import external images in posts and pages from external sources or Web Archive if original sources are not available anymore.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 23/day

LH Wayback Machine
Down in the last 7 days:50#10,357by shawfactor6 years ago
Automatically creates Wayback Machine snapshots of site, including archives
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Archiver
#21,073by Mickey Kay10 years ago
Automatically create Wayback Machine snapshots of your site when you update your content.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add Smart Wayback Machine links to URLs
Down in the last 7 days:13,372#74,096by Steven Snedker1 year ago
Automatically adds Wayback Machine links to external links in older posts, helping preserve access to content that may have disappeared.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day