Best WordPress.org plugins for WordPress
The most popular WordPress.org plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Theme Check leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Order Barcode Plugin (100+) and Simple Theme Demo Importer Plugin (50+). All 23 plugins tagged “wordpress.org” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 WordPress.org plugins
- 1.
Theme CheckThe most installed WordPress.org plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 195 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Order Barcode Plugin100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
Simple Theme Demo Importer Plugin50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 4.
Simple Taxonomy WYSIWYG30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 5.
Simple Constant Contact10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
Simple Contacts Manager10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 7.
Peak Publisher10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
Disable Downloadable Repeat Purchase10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 9.
career builder job search plugin10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 10.
My Plugin Information10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 23 plugins tagged “wordpress.org”
Theme Check
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,278by WordPress.org2 months ago
A simple and easy way to test your theme for all the latest WordPress standards and practices. A great theme development tool!
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(195)
- Downloads
- 769/day
Order Barcode Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:78#14,931by MascotDevelopers5 years ago
Order Barcode generates unique barcodes for each indiviual order placed on your site. These barcodes can be used as packing slips, order confirmation …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Theme Demo Importer Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:230#20,790by tristup5 years ago
Simple Theme Demo Importer plugin will help to import the theme demo content based on the Demos are available. Easily customizable for the Theme Devel …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Taxonomy WYSIWYG
Up in the last 7 days:317#24,096by Earl Evan Amante11 years ago
A very simple plugin that will convert the taxonomy/category description textarea to a WYSIWYG (TinyMCE) form.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Constant Contact
#30,651by Ashton Paul10 years ago
Simple Wordpress Constant Contact Plugin to take name and email and allow to send that information straight to Constant Contact
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Contacts Manager
#31,424by Earl Evan Amante11 years ago
A simple contact manager for your personal and business use.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Peak Publisher
Up in the last 7 days:4,877#32,828by Helmut Wandl15 days ago
One place for all your plugins: publish to wordpress.org without SVN, self‑host the rest, and serve updates — all inside WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Downloadable Repeat Purchase
Up in the last 7 days:2,178#38,436by Richard Webster10 years ago
For WooCommerce. Disable the ability for logged in users to purchase items they already own that are downloadable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
career builder job search plugin
Down in the last 7 days:1,309#40,507by ashwinisingh11 years ago
Simple widget which fetch jobs from careerbuilder.com api .
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
My Plugin Information
Up in the last 7 days:4,191#40,686by Harish Chouhan1 year ago
Fetch plugin data from WordPress.org using a simple shortcode. Shows version, installs, ratings, and more. Cached for speed, auto-updated hourly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
FifthEstate
Up in the last 7 days:4,328#40,698by Anchit Desai10 years ago
FifthEstate connects our partner WordPress.org blogs to fifthestate.com, so posts can be viewed by FifthEstate users worldwide. Join today!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Plugin Banner
Up in the last 7 days:2,031#41,582by Chris Klosowski10 years ago
Easily display the banner image and title of a plugin on the WordPress.org Directory within your WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tag With Hash
#42,267by kamiel7912 years ago
Automatically turn terms into tags if you precede them with a #. Nonexisting tags are created.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gallery Made Easy
#43,343by Earl Evan Amante10 years ago
Instantly create responsive image galleries within a simple and customizable interface. Just upload, add, organise and publish.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Username replacer
#46,683by zbarassky17 years ago
For popular blogengines only. Aliases for users and communities (read FAQ section) will be replaces with correct HTML code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Posts Generator
#46,864by Earl Evan Amante11 years ago
A straight forward Posts Generator for Developers and Testers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GlotCore Import Glossaries
Up in the last 7 days:7,256#49,044by meloniq (Andrzej Piotrowski)8 months ago
Import glossaries from translate.wordpress.org into your local GlotPress installation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Widget Factory Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:4,204#53,492by Tridib Dawn7 years ago
SIMPLE WIDGET FACTORY is a plugin which is been able to create custom widget areas according to the column position value given to the input field.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kabook PTE Project Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:3,572#63,019by Afshari2 months ago
Monitor WordPress.org plugin and theme releases and translation health from a single dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
List Plugin Details
Down in the last 7 days:16,533#68,554by Kybernetik Services11 months ago
This tiny plugin lists selected plugin details which are provided on wordpress.org. It allows you to show a showcase of your developed or your preferr …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Contributor Highlights
#71,711by Bueno Consulting5 months ago
Display WordPress.org contributor profiles on your site using a block or shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day