Best widgets plugins for WordPress
The most popular widgets plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. One Click Demo Import leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Ocean Extra (400K+) and SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (400K+). All 576 plugins tagged “widgets” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 widgets plugins
- 1.
One Click Demo ImportThe most installed widgets plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 79 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.Ocean Extra
400K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 67 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
400K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 134 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Blocksy Companion300K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 93 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.Jeg Kit for Elementor
300K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 79 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
Widget Importer & Exporter200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 117 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.WooSidebars
100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 48 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 8.
Widget CSS Classes80K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 74 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager70K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Hello Plus70K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 576 plugins tagged “widgets”

One Click Demo Import
#62by Syed Balkhi6 months ago
Import your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click. Theme authors! Enable simple theme demo import for your users.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.3(79)
- Downloads
- 2.5K/day
Ocean Extra
#130by oceanwp27 days ago
The ultimate companion for OceanWP. Adds local Google Fonts, mega menus, site templates, and per-page settings for total design authority.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 3.3(67)
- Downloads
- 2.6K/day
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
#145by Greg - SiteOrigin9 days ago
Essential elements for modern websites. Add buttons, sliders, heroes, maps, images, carousels, features, icons, more. Create dynamic pages easily.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 4.9(134)
- Downloads
- 3.5K/day

Blocksy Companion
Up in the last 7 days:1#162by Creative Themes11 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
Jeg Kit for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:1#174by jegtheme2 days ago
Extend Elementor with 68+ widgets, 114 prebuilt demos, Mega Menu Builder, Theme Builder, and advanced interactive effects.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 3.8(79)
- Downloads
- 3.3K/day

Widget Importer & Exporter
#264by Steven Gliebe24 days ago
Import and export your widgets.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.7(117)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
WooSidebars
Down in the last 7 days:2#393by WooThemes2 years ago
WooSidebars adds functionality to display different widgets in a sidebar, according to a context (for example, a specific page or a category).
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(48)
- Downloads
- 155/day

Widget CSS Classes
Up in the last 7 days:2#530by Jory Hogeveen2 years ago
Add custom classes and ids plus first, last, even, odd, and numbered classes to your widgets.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.9(74)
- Downloads
- 89/day

Lightweight Sidebar Manager
#548by Brainstorm Force2 months ago
Create new sidebar areas and display them conditionally on certain pages. Works with all themes.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.2(21)
- Downloads
- 107/day

Hello Plus
#572by Elementor5 months ago
Hello+ is a free WordPress plugin designed to work seamlessly with Elementor’s Hello suite of themes.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 293/day

UiCore Elements
Down in the last 7 days:2#879by uicore1 month ago
Enhance your website with UiCore Elements – a free plugin offering diverse widgets for effortless design enrichment.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 181/day

Widget Context
Up in the last 7 days:2#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

HT Slider For Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,126by HT Plugins12 days ago
The HT Slider is an Elementor slider plugin that enables you to add advanced sliders to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.8(12)
- Downloads
- 275/day
SpiceBox
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,268by spicethemes4 months ago
Enhance Spicethemes WordPress Themes functionality.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 83/day

Rara One Click Demo Import
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,329by Rara Themes2 months ago
Make your website look like the live demo of the theme with a click!
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 2.7(7)
- Downloads
- 127/day
Widgets on Pages
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,361by toddhalfpenny2 years ago
The easiest and highest rated way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages using Visual editor, shortcodes or template tags.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(161)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Simple Page Sidebars
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,391by Cedaro1 year ago
Easily assign custom, widget-enabled sidebars to any page.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(54)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Desert Companion
#1,437by Desert Themes1 month ago
Desert Companion Enhances Desert Themes with additional functionality.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 148/day
Widget Disable
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,460by required1 month ago
Disable sidebar and dashboard widgets with an easy to use interface.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 38/day
Custom Post Type Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,496by thingsym5 months ago
Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(14)
- Downloads
- 73/day

RaraTheme Companion
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,631by Rara Themes10 months ago
23 extremely useful custom widgets to create an engaging website.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 48/day
Arile Extra
#1,694by Theme Arile13 days ago
Arile Extra is a companion plugin for ArileWP WordPress theme by ThemeArile.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 120/day

Shapely Companion
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,723by colorlibplugins2 months ago
Shapely Companion is a companion plugin for Shapely WordPress theme by Colorlib.com.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 66/day
Essential Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,810by Catch Themes4 months ago
Essential Widgets is a WordPress plugin for widgets that allows you to create and add amazing widgets with high customization option
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 65/day

Hester Core
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,892by peregrinethemes4 months ago
The official companion plugin for Peregrine Themes. Adds widgets, customization options, Elementor widgets, and demo import features.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 77/day

Bellows Accordion Menu
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,021by sevenspark1 year ago
A flexible and robust accordion menu plugin
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Widget Content Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,022by 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
- 43/day

Themebeez Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,326by themebeez3 months ago
A essential toolkit for WordPress themes developed by us. Themebeez Toolkit helps you to import dummy demo contents. It also adds extra features & …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 59/day

Weaver Xtreme Theme Support
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,350by wpweaver17 days ago
A useful shortcode and widget collection for Weaver Xtreme
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 90/day

AH Display Widgets
#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
Sinatra Core
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,414by sinatrateam3 years ago
Sinatra Core is an optional companion plugin for Sinatra theme. It adds additional features such as widgets, blocks and a collection of pre-built webs …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Daddy Plus
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,426by Themes Daddy1 month ago
Daddy Plus is a useful plugin for WordPress theme by Themes Daddy.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 70/day
HootKit
#2,465by wpHoot29 days ago
HootKit is a great companion plugin for WordPress themes by wpHoot.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.4(22)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Widgets in Menu for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,476by Saurabh8 years ago
Allows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Flexible Posts Widget
#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
Givebutter Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,544by lirancohen8 months ago
Embed Givebutter widgets using shortcodes.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Blaze Demo Importer
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,561by blazethemes26 days ago
Blaze Demo Importer can be used in all the official themes developed by BlazeThemes.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 96/day

Editor Menu and Widget Access
Down in the last 7 days:15#2,648by 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

Ultimate Addons for SiteOrigin
#2,665by 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
Conditional Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,673by Jason LeMahieu (MadtownLems)1 year ago
Easily control the display of widgets based on pages or categories
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Popularis Extra
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,794by Themes4WP11 months ago
Popularis Extra add extra features to Popularis theme like demo import, widgets, shortcodes or Elementor widgets.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 34/day

GiveWP Donation Widgets for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,804by Nexcess1 year ago
A GiveWP add-on which allows you to embed any GiveWP shortcode into your Elementor-powered pages.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Slide everything for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,924by Michael1 year ago
Creates a simple Swiper slider out of container elements. Flexbox has to be active.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(12)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Disable Author Pages
#3,004by Frank Neumann-Staude9 years ago
Disable the author pages
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Remove noreferrer
Down in the last 7 days:112#3,118by gruz05 years ago
"Remove noreferrer" automatically removes rel="noreferrer" attribute from links on your website on-the-fly.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Weaver Show Posts
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,221by wpweaver6 months ago
Show Posts in a Page via shortcode for any theme
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Fable Extra
Down in the last 7 days:29#3,315by WPFable5 months ago
Used for WP Fable Themes.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 48/day

SKT Themes Demo Import
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,397by Sonal S Sinha9 months ago
Live demo content can be imported quickly in just one click including all widgets and settings.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 29/day

Restrict Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,505by dFactory9 years ago
All in one widgets and sidebars management in WordPress. Allows you to hide or display widgets on specified pages and restrict access for users.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(36)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Link Widget Title
Down in the last 7 days:27#3,511by allurewebsolutions4 years ago
This plugin adds an extra field to all widgets that allows you add a link to the widget title.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 23/day