Best zip plugins for WordPress
The most popular zip plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BackUpWordPress leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of zipaddr-jp (50K+) and Export Media as ZIP (3K+). All 53 plugins tagged “zip” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 zip plugins
- 1.
BackUpWordPressThe most installed zip plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,373 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.zipaddr-jp
50K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Export Media as ZIP3K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 4.WP Downloader
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 5.
KP Zip Downloader1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Media from ZIP600+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
ZIP from Media400+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Force PclZip400+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 9.Upload Media by Zip
200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 10.
Media Export & Clean200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
All 53 plugins tagged “zip”

BackUpWordPress
#514by Tom Willmot3 days ago
Simple automated backups of your WordPress-powered website.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.4K)
- Downloads
- 143/day
zipaddr-jp
Up in the last 7 days:2#707by ta_terunuma3 months ago
zipaddr-jp is a collaborative tool that automatically inputs addresses from postal codes.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 222/day

Export Media as ZIP
Up in the last 7 days:54#3,894by Huzoor Bux1 month ago
Export images from your WordPress media library as a ZIP file — filter by year and image size before downloading.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 76/day
WP Downloader
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,763by Wojtek Szałkiewicz9 years ago
Allows to download plugins and themes installed on your site as a zip package, ready to install on another site.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

KP Zip Downloader
Down in the last 7 days:17#5,587by Kalpesh Prajapati11 months ago
This plugin allows administrators to download installed plugins and themes as ZIP files directly from the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 26/day

Media from ZIP
Up in the last 7 days:1#8,302by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Extract from ZIP archive to Media Library.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day

ZIP from Media
Down in the last 7 days:64#9,618by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Compress from Media Library to ZIP archive.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Force PclZip
Down in the last 7 days:26#9,651by Aaron Jorbin2 years ago
Force the use of PclZip instead of ZipArchive
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Upload Media by Zip
Up in the last 7 days:102#11,507by Kailey (trepmal)10 years ago
Upload a zip archive and let WP unzip it and attach everything to a page/post (or not).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Media Export & Clean
Up in the last 7 days:242#12,276by plixorobd9 days ago
Export your Media Library to a ZIP, find orphaned files in your uploads folder and optimize images. Fast, local and secure.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Theme Downloader
Up in the last 7 days:256#13,246by George Stephanis12 years ago
A handy dandy plugin that tries to let you download any installed theme as a zip file.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.6(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ZipMyMedia
Up in the last 7 days:18#13,480by Dhaval Verma5 months ago
Adds a "Download Selected" button to the WordPress Media Library so you can bulk-download multiple media files as a single ZIP.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Postcode Shipping Rates- WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:51#14,036by Rizwan ahammad12 years ago
Postcode Shipping is a clean, powerful shipping rates plugin that helps you define multiple rates based on Quantity/Order on countrys/states/postcodes …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.4(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zip US Gateway for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:121#14,374by Zip Co US, Inc2 years ago
Use Zip US as a payment gateway for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Theme & Extension Downloader
Up in the last 7 days:253#16,488by CHRS Interactive1 month ago
Download any installed plugin or theme as a ZIP file directly from your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day

Z-Downloads
Down in the last 7 days:14#18,376by URBAN BASE1 year ago
Convenient download manager and automatic ZIP archive creator
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Quick Download
Down in the last 7 days:293#18,733by Sajib Talukder2 years ago
Download Themes and Pluigns directly from WordPress Dashboard.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

Auto Files
Up in the last 7 days:202#20,029by Serkan Algur11 years ago
Auto Files is a minified version of Auto Attachments. This Plugin show you attached files in your the_content(). Supported file types are doc, docx, x …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

ThemePackager
#20,364by Ansar Hussain2 months ago
Export any installed WordPress theme (active or inactive) as a ZIP file directly from Appearance → Themes.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Media Library Download
Up in the last 7 days:18#23,074by Stanislav Dobrev1 year ago
Download multiple media library files as a ZIP archive directly from the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Upload Unzipper
Up in the last 7 days:34#25,573by ulfben19 years ago
Extracts uploaded zip archives and associates all files with the current post.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Tiny Backup
Down in the last 7 days:288#28,988by Takashi Fujisaki1 month ago
Simple and minimal backup plugin for WordPress. Create database and files backups manually or automatically on a schedule.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
yuban-jp
Up in the last 7 days:1,355#29,986by ta_terunuma2 months ago
This is a tool that automatically enters addresses from postal codes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
DWS Medien Download
#31,413by diewebsitespezialisten1 month ago
Lade die Originaldateien deiner WordPress-Mediathek gesammelt als ZIP-Datei herunter – direkt im WordPress-Backend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PDF Zip Downloader for Gravity Forms
#32,508by Martin1 year ago
Generates a ZIP file that includes a PDF and the attachments from a Gravity Forms entry.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AIR Download Attachments
#32,950by Dan Zakirov2 years ago
The AIR Download Attachments plugin adds a "Download All Attachments" button to posts, allowing users to download all attached images as a z …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SnapZip
#33,788by Sandeep Kumar2 months ago
Download installed WordPress plugins and themes as ZIP files directly from your dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Repository Zip
Up in the last 7 days:12,227#35,221by flashpixx14 years ago
With this plugin a zip download link of a subversion or git repository can be created within blog articles and pages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Zippem
Up in the last 7 days:1,195#38,900by Eliot Akira12 years ago
Zip and download any folder on your site
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Plugin Grabber
Up in the last 7 days:1,700#40,497by avdude1 month ago
Create and download a backup (zip) of a single plugin or your entire plugins directory - handy right before updating a plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Attachment Download
#41,868by Tomas Rybnicky6 years ago
Plugin adds functionality to download posts attachments build with ACF file fields from administration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Zip Embed
#43,524by Kailey (trepmal)15 years ago
Upload a zip archive and let WP embed its contents into a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SVN Zip
#47,010by flashpixx14 years ago
With this plugin a zip download link of a subversion repository can be created within blog articles and pages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DRSite
Up in the last 7 days:11,302#56,048by drsiteapp14 days ago
Asks for an API key on first run, then creates a restorable ZIP (wp-content + database.sql + manifest).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Interactive Posts
Down in the last 7 days:9,155#59,332by hasanirogers2 years ago
Interactive Posts allows you to upload and attach assets to posts from packages enhancing the experience of any post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CirculationDesk Export Tool for Document Library
Up in the last 7 days:3,693#61,818by arothmanmusic1 month ago
Export a Barn2 document library as a single .zip, organised into one folder per Document Category, with a CSV manifest.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Majed Static Export
Down in the last 7 days:13,291#62,133by Majed Bannani1 month ago
Export public WordPress pages and their discovered assets to a static website ZIP or a chosen local folder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Latest Github Release
Down in the last 7 days:7,567#63,428by laurencebahiirwa4 years ago
Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with a shortcode [latest_github_release user="github" repo="hub"]
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FMH Exporter
Up in the last 7 days:3,242#65,364by fmhteam1 day ago
Adds an "Export ZIP" button to every plugin and theme, letting you download any extension as a .zip file instantly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Pixloade Image Manager
Up in the last 7 days:161#65,529by Mahabubul Alam6 days ago
Bulk download Media Library images as ZIP. Find images missing alt text or large files, search, filter by format or month, and edit alt text fast.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Entries & Media Exporter by Naren Jadav
#66,229by Naren Jadav1 month ago
Export Gravity Forms entries to CSV alongside all uploaded files packaged inside a single ZIP archive.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GP Format ZIP
Down in the last 7 days:1,397#67,343by meloniq (Andrzej Piotrowski)11 months ago
Adds a ZIP file format to download translations from GlotPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Save Now
Up in the last 7 days:2,257#67,756by Saurabh Gusain1 year ago
Easily download other installed plugins and themes as ZIP files from your WordPress admin interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
autoin-jp
Down in the last 7 days:8,830#68,879by ta_terunuma5 years ago
The ultimate automatic input tool, autoin-jp, works only in the Japanese version. The operating environment is as follows. Wordpress 5.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Database Export Genie
Down in the last 7 days:10,829#68,996by mansoormunib18 days ago
One button. Your WordPress database as a verified .zip of standard SQL. Nothing else.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pudding Package Backup
Down in the last 7 days:9,363#69,215by Platinaxe1 year ago
Easily backup WordPress plugins and themes with version info. Creates clean ZIP backups excluding development files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flex Explorer
Down in the last 7 days:9,346#70,034by FlexaTech24 days ago
A sandboxed file manager for WordPress: browse, upload, zip, download and recover your site's files from a fast admin app.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BFG Tools
Down in the last 7 days:14,072#70,178by Joby Franczek11 months ago
Zip any installed WordPress theme (including child themes) from Tools → Theme Zipper. Zips are saved in /wp-content/uploads/theme-zips.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Download Installed Extension
Down in the last 7 days:4,950#71,137by adeleyeayodeji1 year ago
This plugin allows you to download the currently installed plugin as a zip file.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Birim Media Export
#71,774by Melih Birim4 days ago
Export your media library as a ZIP. Keeps folders, filters by type and date, adds a CSV of titles and alt text. Handles large libraries.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 69/day