Best widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Blocksy Companion leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Black Studio TinyMCE Widget (200K+) and Table of Contents Plus (200K+). All 2,680 plugins tagged “widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 widget plugins
- 1.
Blocksy CompanionThe most installed widget plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 93 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 191 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Table of Contents Plus200K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 188 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 215 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 5.
Image Widget100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 287 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5,333 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Custom Sidebars100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,028 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 262 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 9.PHP Code Widget
70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 61 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 10.
Themesflat Addons For Elementor40K+ active installs. Rated 2.0 from 9 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2,680 plugins tagged “widget”

Blocksy Companion
Up in the last 7 days:1#162by Creative Themes10 days ago
The official companion plugin for Blocksy theme, packed with starter sites, extra features, and integrations.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.7(93)
- Downloads
- 5.1K/day
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#235by Black Studio2 months ago
The visual editor widget for WordPress.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(191)
- Downloads
- 838/day

Table of Contents Plus
#249by Syed Balkhi1 month ago
Automatically add a table of contents to your posts and pages, with smooth scrolling, anchor links, and simple styling options.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.5(188)
- Downloads
- 906/day

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
#353by Kybernetik Services28 days ago
List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(215)
- Downloads
- 623/day

Image Widget
#399by Nexcess6 months ago
A simple image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to your site.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(287)
- Downloads
- 345/day

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
#414by Inisev1 month ago
Share buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(5.3K)
- Downloads
- 616/day

Custom Sidebars
#448by WebFactory2 months ago
Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1K)
- Downloads
- 230/day

Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:2#574by monetizemore3 years ago
More attention and a higher ad performance with fixed sticky widgets.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.7(262)
- Downloads
- 77/day
PHP Code Widget
Up in the last 7 days:9#576by Samuel Wood (Otto)4 years ago
Like the Text widget, but also allows working PHP code to be inserted.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.7(61)
- Downloads
- 74/day

Themesflat Addons For Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:2#844by Themesflat8 months ago
Themesflat Addons For Elementor plugin you install after Elementor!. Themesflat addon focuses on support for the author build Template Kits
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 2.0(9)
- Downloads
- 96/day

Widget Context
Up in the last 7 days:1#932by Kaspars1 month ago
Show and hide widgets on specific posts, pages and sections of your site.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.5(98)
- Downloads
- 292/day

Trustpilot Reviews
Up in the last 7 days:1#940by Trustpilot5 months ago
Generate reviews, add TrustBox for your Woocommerce site with Trustpilot reviews plugin
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 1.8(72)
- Downloads
- 155/day

Content Aware Sidebars
Up in the last 7 days:1#999by Joachim Jensen16 days ago
Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(724)
- Downloads
- 378/day
Enhanced Text Widget
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,000by cl2722 years ago
An enhanced version of the text widget that supports Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Shortcodes and PHP with linkable widget title.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(50)
- Downloads
- 62/day
Donations via PayPal
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,192by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ2 months ago
Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(27)
- Downloads
- 70/day
SpiceBox
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,269by spicethemes4 months ago
Enhance Spicethemes WordPress Themes functionality.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 83/day

Search Meter
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,351by bennettmcelwee11 months ago
Search Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(29)
- Downloads
- 108/day

Reusable Blocks Extended
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,407by Jb Audras2 months ago
Extend Gutenberg Reusable Blocks feature with a complete admin panel, widgets, shortcodes and PHP functions.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(40)
- Downloads
- 52/day

Meks Simple Flickr Widget
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,424by Meks2 years ago
Quickly display your Flickr photos inside WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Custom Post Type Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,497by thingsym5 months ago
Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Downloads
- 75/day
Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,517by Johan van der Wijk1 month ago
This plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(80)
- Downloads
- 98/day
Mailjet Email Marketing
#1,524by Mailjet25 days ago
Includes WooCommerce automated and order emails. Design, send and track engaging marketing and transactional emails from your WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.2(45)
- Downloads
- 246/day

Dynamic Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,531by Kalmang18 days ago
Dynamic Widgets gives you full control on which pages a widget will display. It lets you dynamicly show or hide widgets on WordPress pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(109)
- Downloads
- 69/day

Meks Smart Social Widget
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,554by Meks2 years ago
Easily display more than 100 social icons inside your WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Simple Image Widget
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,605by Cedaro1 year ago
A simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images to your sidebars.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(39)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Shortcode Widget
#1,622by Gagan Deep Singh7 months ago
Adds a text-like widget that allows you to write shortcode in it.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(34)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Meks Smart Author Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,688by Meks2 years ago
Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 47/day

SMK Sidebar Generator
#1,761by Andrei Surdu8 months ago
Create unlimited custom sidebars and widget areas. Display different sidebars on specific pages, posts, or custom post types with conditional logic.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 47/day
WP-UserOnline
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,802by Lester Chan2 months ago
Enable you to display how many users are online on your WordPress site with detailed statistics.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(38)
- Downloads
- 75/day

Meks Easy Ads Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,827by Meks2 years ago
Display unlimited number of ads inside your WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(14)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Widget Content Blocks
#2,021by Danny van Kooten2 months ago
Edit widget content using the default WordPress visual editor and media uploading functionality. Create widgets like you would create posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(60)
- Downloads
- 44/day

Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,040by Meks2 years ago
Easily display ThemeForest items inside WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Social Icons
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,081by ThemeGrill5 years ago
Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets and shortcode
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(15)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Dashboard Notepad
#2,103by Stephanie Leary9 years ago
The very simplest of notepads for your Dashboard.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(12)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Ultimate Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,112by cl2722 years ago
The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(55)
- Downloads
- 38/day
Rich Contact Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8#2,171by Remy Perona9 years ago
A simple contact widget enhanced with microdatas & microformats tags for your local SEO
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Newpost Catch
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,188by Tetsuya Imamura10 days ago
Thumbnails in new articles setting widget.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 103/day

Super RSS Reader
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,189by vaakash19 days ago
Display any RSS feed(s) in widget with news ticker effect in multiple tabs, thumbnails, customizable color themes and more.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(67)
- Downloads
- 112/day
Sidebar Login
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,202by Mike Jolley27 days ago
Easily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.5(78)
- Downloads
- 71/day

Widgets for Booking.com Reviews
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,288by Trustindex10 days ago
Embed Booking.com reviews fast and easily into your WordPress site. Increase SEO, trust and sales using Booking.com reviews.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(65)
- Downloads
- 152/day

WP Editor Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,289by feedmeastraycat6 years ago
WP Editor Widget adds a rich text widget where the content is edited using the standard WordPress visual editor.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day
List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,305by Nick Halsey3 months ago
The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(21)
- Downloads
- 36/day

AH Display Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,409by Andreas Hecht8 years ago
Simply hide widgets on specified pages. Adds checkboxes to each widget to either show or hide it on every site page.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Flexible Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,511by DaveE9 years ago
An advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(56)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Widget Responsive for Youtube
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,637by stefanoai2 years ago
Widgets + ShortCode responsive to embed youtube in your sidebar or in your content [youtube video=...] or in WPBakery Page Builder, with SEO http://sc …
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Editor Menu and Widget Access
Down in the last 7 days:14#2,649by GuyPrimavera5 years ago
Allow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Genesis Featured Page Advanced
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,650by Nick Diego2 years ago
An advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(29)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Ultimate Addons for SiteOrigin
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,664by Munir Kamal7 years ago
An ultimate collection of addons for SiteOrigin. SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle is required.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.5(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Remove Widget Titles
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,702by Stephen Cronin9 years ago
The Remove Widget Titles plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the "!" character.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(27)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Add Widget After Content
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,706by Arelthia Phillips5 months ago
This plugin is built to add a widget area/sidebar after content.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.7(38)
- Downloads
- 36/day