Best WordPress mu plugins for WordPress
The most popular WordPress mu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable User Gravatar leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of YD Network-wide Options (30+) and YD WPMU Bloglist Widget (20+). All 25 plugins tagged “wordpress MU” 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 WordPress mu plugins
- 1.
Disable User GravatarThe most installed WordPress mu plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
YD Network-wide Options30+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 8 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 3.
YD WPMU Bloglist Widget20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Add Link20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 5.
Sitewide Newsletters10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 6.
Blog Topics For WPMU10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
WPMU Custom CSS10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.6.
- 8.
AGB-Checkbox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.6.
- 9.
WPMU Block Spam By Math10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 10.
Jet Blog List10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago.
All 25 plugins tagged “wordpress MU”
Disable User Gravatar
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,269by Marcus (aka @msykes)4 years ago
Stops WordPress from grabbing a user avatar using their registrated email from gravatar.com.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 15/day
YD Network-wide Options
Down in the last 7 days:95#23,370by Yann at WP&Co14 years ago
This plugin has been thoroughly tested and is fully compatible with WordPress 3.0x multisite or with WPMU 2.9.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YD WPMU Bloglist Widget
Down in the last 7 days:518#26,277by Yann at WP&Co13 years ago
Sidebar widget and template function to display an ordered blog list of subsites (with post count) on a page of the WordPress MU main site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Link
Up in the last 7 days:405#27,693by ctltwp16 years ago
Add Link enables your users to add links to your blog.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sitewide Newsletters
#29,661by Chris Taylor11 years ago
Sitewide Newsletters is a Wordpress MU plugin that allows site administrators to send an email message to all users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blog Topics For WPMU
Up in the last 7 days:12,712#35,389by DeannaS15 years ago
Allows users to categorize blogs by topic. Allows users to categorize blogs by topic. Includes multiple optional widgets and optional sample theme cod …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPMU Custom CSS
#38,587by Hassan117 years ago
WPMU Custom CSS is a plugin for wordpress mu that helps bloggers to edit their theme style securely. Just like wordpress.com custom css paid upgrade.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AGB-Checkbox
Up in the last 7 days:3,292#38,999by Dennis17 years ago
This plugin adds to the signup page of WordPress MU a checkbox for TOS and/or a privacy policy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPMU Block Spam By Math
#42,316by jwpegram16 years ago
This plugin protects your WPMU signup process against spambots with a simple math question.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jet Blog List
Down in the last 7 days:2,101#42,716by milordk16 years ago
Provides a list of blogs sorted by last update (the last activity on the blog) in two columns.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbRedirector
#43,839by BjornW17 years ago
bbRedirector makes it easy to redirect a page to another location using absolute urls.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPMU Plugin Stats
Down in the last 7 days:1,567#45,371by DeannaS8 years ago
Gives network admins an easy way to see what plugins are actively used on the sites of a multisite installation
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sidebar Posting
Down in the last 7 days:7,890#46,345by Ishimwe9 years ago
This plugin allows your visitors (logged in OR Not) to submit posts to your site via a simple sidebar widget form.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.2(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jet Random Members Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5,510#46,590by milordk16 years ago
en: Create a cloud of users on your social network! Do you have many users? Do you want more communication? Install this widget!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jet Event System for BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:6,739#47,378by milordk15 years ago
The modern System of events for your social network. Ability to attract members of the network to the ongoing activities, etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple User Admin
Down in the last 7 days:4,544#47,540by Chris Taylor11 years ago
Simple user admin is a WordPress MultiSite plugin that gives site administrators a simpler interface to manage blogs and users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Posts On Profile
#47,753by Huseyin Berberoglu16 years ago
Adds 'Posts' link to member's profile page, and shows member's blog posts on that page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Personal Welcome
Down in the last 7 days:4,448#48,314by Chris Taylor11 years ago
Personal Welcome is a Wordpress plugin that allows site administrators to create and send personalised welcome messages to new users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day