Over 60‘000 WordPress plugins have been contributed to the WordPress.org Plugin Directory. Millions of websites are powered by these plugins, developed and maintained by an amazing open-source community around the globe. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of WordPress, this table showcases the 108 most popular WordPress plugins in a unique way.

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Author: Team Yoast

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in October 2010.

Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast SEO plugin.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 3.9/5 rating. It was first published in January 2011.

Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup, WAF, and malware scan. Get essential free tools including stats, CDN and social sh …

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in October 2005.

The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in May 2016.

The Elementor Website Builder has it all: drag and drop page builder, pixel perfect design, mobile responsive editing, and more. Get started now!

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4/5 rating. It was first published in August 2007.

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.5/5 rating. It was first published in September 2011.

Everything you need to launch an online store in days and keep it growing for years. From your first sale to millions in revenue, Woo is with you.

Author: WPForms

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in March 2016.

The best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop online form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms …

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in March 2015.

The easiest way to improve security! Leverage your SSL certificate and protect your website visitors.

Author: ServMask

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.5/5 rating. It was first published in January 2014.

Move, transfer, copy, migrate, and backup a site with 1-click. Quick, easy, and reliable.

This plugin has been installed on over 5 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in October 2017.

Enables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend this screen.

Author: Wordfence

This plugin has been installed on over 4 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in April 2012.

Firewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24 hour team. Make security a priority with Wordfence.

This plugin has been installed on over 4 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in January 2016.

All-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...

This plugin has been installed on over 4 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in December 2007.

The go-to tool for cloning posts and pages, including the powerful Rewrite & Republish feature.

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in September 2007.

The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can grow your business.

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in March 2007.

The original WordPress SEO plugin. Improve your WordPress SEO rankings and traffic with our comprehensive SEO tools and smart SEO optimizations!

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in May 2012.

Backup and restoration made easy. Complete backups; manual or scheduled (backup to Dropbox, S3, Google Drive, Rackspace, FTP, SFTP, email + others).

Author: Google

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 4.1/5 rating. It was first published in October 2019.

Site Kit is a one-stop solution for WordPress users to use everything Google has to offer to make them successful on the web.

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 3/5 rating. It was first published in May 2010.

Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.

Author: WP Mail SMTP

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in September 2007.

Make email delivery easy for WordPress. Connect with SMTP, Gmail, Outlook, SendGrid, Mailgun, SES, Zoho, + more. Rated #1 WordPress SMTP Email plugin.

Author: John Godley

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in September 2007.

Manage 301 redirects, track 404 errors, and improve your site. No knowledge of Apache or Nginx required.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in November 2007.

A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.

Author: ibericode

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in June 2013.

The #1 (unofficial) Mailchimp plugin. Allows you to add various sign-up methods to your WordPress site.

Author: WP Engine

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in March 2011.

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) helps you easily customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million we …

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in August 2016.

Block excessive login attempts and protect your site against brute force attacks. Simple, yet powerful tools to improve site performance.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.5/5 rating. It was first published in June 2007.

Extends and enhances the block editor (Gutenberg) and the classic editor (TinyMCE).

Author: mndpsingh287

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in May 2016.

Duplicate Posts, Pages and Custom Posts easily using single click

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in May 2021.

Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in April 2015.

Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin!

Author: Rank Math

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in November 2018.

Rank Math SEO is the Best WordPress SEO plugin combines the features of many SEO tools in a single package & helps you multiply your SEO traffic.

Author: SiteGround

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in November 2014.

The SiteGround Optimizer plugin is developed by SiteGround to dramatically improve WordPress website performance on any hosting environment.

Author: WPDeveloper

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2017.

The Essential plugin you install after Elementor! Packed with 40+ stunning free elements including Advanced Data Table, Event Calendar, Filterable Gal …

Author: WPMU DEV

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in December 2008.

Compress images & optimize images with lazy load, WebP conversion, and resize detection to make your site load amazingly fast.

Author: BoldGrid

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in July 2009.

Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.

Author: Emre Vona

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in August 2013.

The simplest and fastest WP Cache system

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in July 2017.

The growing library of 300+ ready-to-use templates that work with all WordPress themes including Astra, Hello, OceanWP, GeneratePress and more

Author: Duplicator

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in June 2011.

WordPress migration and backups are much easier with Duplicator! Clone, backup, move and transfer an entire site from one location to another.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in July 2009.

Autoptimize speeds up your website by optimizing JS, CSS, images (incl. lazy-load), HTML and Google Fonts, asyncing JS, removing emoji cruft and more.

Author: Auctollo

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in June 2005.

Generate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2014.

Formerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds.

Author: Exactly WWW

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in June 2012.

Smaller Images, Faster Sites, Happier Visitors. Comprehensive image optimization that doesn't require a degree in rocket science.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in January 2009.

Boost your site's speed and performance through caching. Clean the database, compress images and cache your site for higher speed & SEO.

Author: iThemes

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in October 2010.

The Best WordPress Security Plugin to Secure & Protect WordPress

Author: Tim Whitlock

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2013.

Translate WordPress plugins and themes directly in your browser

Author: SeedProd

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in January 2014.

Easy Drag & Drop Page Builder. A complete solution to create a WordPress Website, Custom Themes, Landing Pages, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Pages.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in June 2013.

Protect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.

Author: WPDeveloper

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in May 2011.

Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. Multisite friendly.

Author: Team Redux

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in October 2013.

Redux is a simple, truly extensible and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins. It ships with an integrated demo.

Author: WPCode

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2012.

Easily add code snippets in WordPress. Insert header and footer scripts, add PHP code snippets with conditional logic, insert ads pixel code, and more …

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in August 2008.

Regenerate the thumbnails for one or more of your image uploads. Useful when changing their sizes or your theme.

Author: Softaculous

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in January 2016.

Loginizer is a WordPress security plugin which helps you fight against bruteforce attacks.

Author: GoDaddy

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in March 2011.

A better way to manage dozens of WordPress websites.

Author: mndpsingh287

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in August 2016.

file manager provides you ability to edit, delete, upload, download, copy and paste files and folders.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in April 2015.

Change wp-login.php to anything you want.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in February 2010.

Admin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies

Author: OCDI

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in March 2016.

Import your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click. Theme authors! Enable simple theme demo import for your users.

Author: Wpmet

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2019.

Elementor Addons come with Header Footer Builder, Mega Menu Builder, Free Elementor Widgets, Templates Library Pricing table, Team member, testimonial …

Author: WP Engine

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in January 2015.

A simple plugin to update URLs or other text in a database.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in July 2011.

Multibyte functionality enhancement for the WordPress Japanese package.

Author: Benbodhi

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in July 2014.

Safely upload SVG files to the Media Library with optional sanitization and minification. Render your SVG files inline for direct styling/animation of …

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in December 2011.

The 100% beginner friendly WordPress form builder. Drag & drop form fields to build beautiful, professional contact forms in minutes.

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 2/5 rating. It was first published in January 2017.

WooCommerce Shipping & Tax offers automated tax calculation, shipping label printing, smoother payment setup, and other hosted services for WooCom …

Author: Facebook

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 2.3/5 rating. It was first published in February 2019.

Get the Official Facebook for WooCommerce plugin for two powerful ways to help grow your business, including an ads extension and shops tab for your p …

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 3.1/5 rating. It was first published in May 2016.

Take credit card payments on your store using Stripe.

Author: YITH

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4/5 rating. It was first published in May 2013.

YITH WooCommerce Wishlist add all Wishlist features to your website. Needs WooCommerce to work. WooCommerce 7.6.x compatible.

Author: Sucuri Inc.

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4.2/5 rating. It was first published in November 2011.

The Sucuri WordPress Security plugin is a security toolset for security integrity monitoring, malware detection and security hardening.

Author: Nextend

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in November 2015.

Responsive slider plugin to create sliders in visual editor easily. Build beautiful image slider, layer slider, video slider, post slider, and more.

Author: John Havlik

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in December 2007.

Adds breadcrumb navigation showing the visitor's path to their current location.

Author: Envato

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 3.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2018.

Access thousands of quality, free templates; plus royalty-free photos from Envato Elements.

Author: SiteOrigin

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in April 2013.

Build responsive page layouts using the widgets you know and love using this simple drag and drop page builder.

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in January 2010.

The Events Calendar is the number one calendar plugin for WordPress. Easily create and manage events (including virtual events!) on your WordPress sit …

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in July 2020.

Creative Mail was designed specifically for WordPress and WooCommerce. Our intelligent (and super fun) email editor simplifies email marketing campaig …

Author: Themeisle

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in February 2010.

Easy Drag & Drop Page Builder that adds a splash page to your site that it's perfect for a coming soon page, maintenance or landing page.

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 3/5 rating. It was first published in July 2008.

This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong.

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in June 2012.

Embed beautiful and feature-rich tables into your posts and pages, without having to write code.

Author: SiteGround

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in May 2021.

SiteGround Security is the all-in-one security solution for your WordPress website.

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in May 2012.

Great looking maintenance, coming soon & under construction pages. Put your site under maintenance in minutes.

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in January 2009.

Antispam plugin with a sophisticated tool set for effective day to day comment and trackback spam-fighting. Build with data protection and privacy in …

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in June 2012.

An easy, clean and simple way to run code snippets on your site.

Author: Takayuki Miyoshi

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.2/5 rating. It was first published in May 2012.

A trustworthy message storage plugin for Contact Form 7.

Author: 10up

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2015.

Enable SVG uploads and sanitize them to stop XML/SVG vulnerabilities in your WordPress website

Author: ExactMetrics

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 2.5/5 rating. It was first published in March 2013.

Connects Google Analytics with your WordPress site. Displays stats to help you understand your users and site content on a whole new level!

Author: SiteOrigin

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in June 2014.

The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle gives you all the elements you need to build modern, responsive, and engaging website pages.

Author: MetaSlider

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in February 2013.

The best slider, gallery, and carousel plugin for WordPress. Responsive and easy-to-use sliders with images, videos, posts, products, and layers.

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in March 2010.

User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.

Author: OceanWP

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 3.3/5 rating. It was first published in October 2016.

Ocean Extra adds extra features and flexibility to the OceanWP theme for a turbocharged experience.

Author: Vova Anokhin

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in April 2011.

A comprehensive collection of visual components for your site

Author: WP SYNTEX

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in September 2011.

Go multilingual in a simple and efficient way. Keep writing posts, creating categories and post tags as usual while defining the languages all at once …

Author: MetaBox.io

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in November 2011.

Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.

Author: Popup Maker

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in November 2014.

Looking to boost your marketing and lead gen efforts? Using popups are a great way to increase your site's conversions!

Author: Inpsyde GmbH

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in July 2009.

Schedule complete automatic backups of your WordPress installation. Decide which content will be stored (Dropbox, S3…). This is the free version

Author: Easy WP SMTP

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in April 2013.

Improve email delivery for WordPress. Configure SendLayer, Mailgun, Sendinblue, SMTP.com or connect to an SMTP server.

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in January 2016.

Compress images & convert WebP with the best WordPress image optimization plugin. Optimize images in 1-click & resize images with our image optimizer!

Author: Jeff Starr

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in April 2018.

Disable Gutenberg Block Editor and restore the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.). Selectively disable for posts …

Author: MailPoet

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.5/5 rating. It was first published in October 2016.

Send beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more

Author: Leap13

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in January 2018.

Premium Addons for Elementor plugin includes essential widgets and addons like Blog Post Listing, Megamenu, WooCommerce Products Listing, Carousel, Mo …

Author: MainWP

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in August 2013.

Securely connects Unlimited WordPress sites to your MainWP Dashboard, allowing you to control them from a single screen.

Author: VeronaLabs

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.1/5 rating. It was first published in March 2011.

This plugin gives you the complete information on your website's visitors.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 3.1/5 rating. It was first published in April 2020.

Securely accept credit and debit cards on your site. Manage transactions without leaving your WordPress dashboard. Only with WooCommerce Payments.

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in January 2006.

Adds a more advanced paging navigation interface.

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in June 2018.

Configure your Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent and Cookie Policy with our Wizard and Cookie Scan. Supports GDPR, DSGVO, TTDSG, LGPD, POPIA, RGPD, CCPA/C …

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 2.8/5 rating. It was first published in May 2021.

Native integration with Google that allows merchants to easily display their products across Google’s network.

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in December 2013.

Easy to use Under Construction Page & Coming Soon Page. Enable Under Construction Mode in seconds & show you're Under Construction!

Author: Themeum

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in May 2014.

The Ultimate Customizer Framework for WordPress Theme Developers