Best www plugins for WordPress
The most popular www plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple WWW Redirect leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Add or Remove Www (100+) and WP htaccess Optimize (beta) (70+). All 3 plugins tagged “www” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 www plugins
- 1.
Simple WWW RedirectThe most installed www plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.Add or Remove Www
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.WP htaccess Optimize (beta)
70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 3 plugins tagged “www”

Simple WWW Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:7#6,116by LightPlugins2 years ago
The plugin specifies whether your domain will include www. Redirects www to non-www or non-www to www.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Add or Remove Www
Down in the last 7 days:19#15,144by Miina Sikk11 years ago
Add or Remove Www lets you easily configure your WordPress site to always (or never) use the www. subdomain in all links of the posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP htaccess Optimize (beta)
Up in the last 7 days:191#18,942by florianluce7 years ago
simply configure your htaccess to optimize your site!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day