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Statistics · updated Nov 8, 2026

The WordPress plugin directory in numbers

Every open plugin and theme on WordPress.org, from our daily snapshot of the directory: who uses them, how fresh they are, what they need and who leads. Cite any figure with a link to this page.

Plugins
78,569
Themes
15,391
Active plugin installs
322.7M
At least: WordPress.org rounds each down
Plugin downloads, all time
15.9B
New plugins, 30 days
3,783

Quick answers

How many WordPress plugins are there?
There are 78,569 plugins open on WordPress.org as of November 8, 2026, with 322.7M+ active installs between them. 3,783 were added in the last 30 days.
How many WordPress themes are there?
15,391 themes are open on WordPress.org; 49% were updated in the past year.
What are the most popular WordPress plugins?
In WordPress.org’s own popular order: Elementor Website Builder, Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, Classic Editor and LiteSpeed Cache.
How many WordPress plugins have a million active installs?
79% of plugins have fewer than 100 active installs; 67 (0.1%) have a million or more.
How many WordPress plugins are outdated?
59% of plugins haven't been updated in 180 days, the point where WordPress.org search starts to lower their score; 45% not in two years.
How many plugins are tested with the latest WordPress?
27% of plugins say they're tested with WordPress 7.1, the current release; 60% are two releases or more behind, which search counts against them.
Do most WordPress plugins have reviews?
60% of plugins have no reviews yet; of those that do, 72% are rated 4.5 stars or more.
Do a few plugins have most of the installs?
The 100 most installed plugins hold 58% of all active installs in the directory; the top 10 alone hold 22%.
What PHP version do WordPress plugins need?
38% of plugins require PHP 7.4 or newer; 40% state no minimum at all.

Where the installs are

The 100 most installed plugins hold 58% of all active installs in the directory; the top 10 alone hold 22%.

Top 10: 22%Top 11–100: 35%Every other plugin: 42%

How many sites use them

79% of plugins have fewer than 100 active installs; 67 (0.1%) have a million or more.

  • Fewer than 1038% · 29,882
  • 10–9941% · 31,862
  • 100–99913% · 9,852
  • 1,000–9,9996% · 4,803
  • 10,000–99,9992% · 1,708
  • 100,000–999,9990.5% · 395
  • 1 million or more0.1% · 67

When they were last updated

59% of plugins haven't been updated in 180 days, the point where WordPress.org search starts to lower their score; 45% not in two years.

  • In the last 30 days16% · 12,661
  • 1–6 months ago25% · 19,285
  • 6–12 months ago7% · 5,520
  • 1–2 years ago7% · 5,533
  • More than 2 years ago45% · 35,570

“Tested up to”

27% of plugins say they're tested with WordPress 7.1, the current release; 60% are two releases or more behind, which search counts against them.

  • WordPress 7.127% · 21,393
  • WordPress 7.011% · 8,621
  • Older60% · 47,341
  • Not stated2% · 1,214

Ratings

60% of plugins have no reviews yet; of those that do, 72% are rated 4.5 stars or more.

  • 4.5 stars or more29% · 22,613
  • 4 to 4.45% · 3,607
  • 3 to 3.94% · 3,338
  • Below 32% · 1,849
  • No reviews yet60% · 47,162

PHP they require

38% of plugins require PHP 7.4 or newer; 40% state no minimum at all.

  • Not stated40% · 31,044
  • Below 7.010% · 7,903
  • 7.0–7.312% · 9,455
  • 7.430% · 23,397
  • 8.0 or newer9% · 6,770

The 10 most popular plugins

WordPress.org's own popular order.

  1. 1Elementor Website Builder10M+
  2. 2Yoast SEO10M+
  3. 3Contact Form 710M+
  4. 4Classic Editor8M+
  5. 5LiteSpeed Cache7M+
  6. 6WooCommerce7M+
  7. 7Site Kit by Google5M+
  8. 8Akismet Anti-spam5M+
  9. 9WPForms5M+
  10. 10All-in-One WP Migration and Backup5M+

Biggest newcomers

The most installed plugins first released in the past year.

  1. 1AI Agent by SiteGround1M+
  2. 2WPVibe100K+
  3. 3Manage100K+
  4. 4FormLayer100K+
  5. 5Reddit for WooCommerce90K+
  6. 6SureCookie80K+
  7. 7Spectra Blocks70K+
  8. 8AI Provider for Anthropic70K+
  9. 9MCP Adapter60K+
  10. 10AI Provider for OpenAI60K+

Climbing fastest, 7 days

Places gained in the popular order, among the top 1,000.

  1. 1Easy MCP AI+7530K+
  2. 2MCP Adapter+4660K+
  3. 3Patchstack+27100K+
  4. 4Greenshift+2270K+
  5. 5WPVibe+21100K+
  6. 6SureCookie+2080K+
  7. 7Universally+1930K+
  8. 8AI Provider for OpenAI+1760K+
  9. 9Cookiez+1650K+
  10. 10The Icon Block+1640K+

Biggest publishers

WordPress.org profiles by active installs across their plugins.

  1. 1Syed Balkhi21.7M · 100 plugins
  2. 2Automattic18.3M · 79 plugins
  3. 3Yoast13.2M · 7 plugins
  4. 4Elementor12.3M · 14 plugins
  5. 5WordPress.org11.2M · 24 plugins
  6. 6Rock Lobster Inc.11.1M · 6 plugins
  7. 7David Anderson / Team Updraft7.3M · 16 plugins
  8. 8LiteSpeed Technologies7M · 2 plugins
  9. 9Brainstorm Force7M · 34 plugins
  10. 10Google5.1M · 4 plugins

The biggest niches

Tags with the most plugins, and the ones gaining downloads fastest this week.

Themes

15,391 themes are open on WordPress.org; 49% were updated in the past year.

  1. 1Twenty Twenty-Five1M+
  2. 2Hello Elementor1M+
  3. 3Astra1M+
  4. 4Twenty Twenty-Four500K+
  5. 5Kadence500K+

How these numbers are made

TrackWP reads WordPress.org's public plugin and theme APIs every night. Closed listings are left out. Active installs are WordPress.org's rounded bands, so totals are minimums. “Tested up to” is compared with WordPress 7.1, the current release. How search uses freshness and “Tested up to” is explained on the methodology page.

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