About 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. Originally meant to celebrate the 20th anniversary of WordPress, this table showcases the 108 most popular WordPress plugins in a unique way.

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This plugin has been installed on over 10 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 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 10 million websites and maintains a 4/5 rating. It was first published in August 2007.

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Author: Team Yoast

This plugin has been installed on over 10 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.

This plugin has been installed on over 10 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: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 7 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.

This plugin has been installed on over 6 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.

Author: WPForms

This plugin has been installed on over 6 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in March 2016.

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

This plugin has been installed on over 6 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...

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.

Backup, transfer, copy, and move a site with 1-click. Quick, easy, and reliable.

Author: Wordfence

This plugin has been installed on over 5 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 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in March 2015.

Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 4 million websites and maintains a 3.7/5 rating. It was first published in January 2011.

Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup, WAF, and malware scan. Includes free tools like stats, CDN and social sharing.

Author: Google

This plugin has been installed on over 4 million websites and maintains a 4.2/5 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 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.

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.

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, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.

Author: mndpsingh287

This plugin has been installed on over 3 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 3 million websites and maintains a 3.1/5 rating. It was first published in May 2010.

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

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

AIOSEO is the most powerful WordPress SEO plugin. Improve SEO rankings and traffic with comprehensive SEO tools and smart AI SEO optimizations!

This plugin has been installed on over 3 million websites and maintains a 4.5/5 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 with powerful analytics.

Author: Rank Math

This plugin has been installed on over 3 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 with the features of many SEO and AI SEO tools in a single package to help multiply your SEO traffic.

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: WPCode

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in July 2012.

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

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.

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: 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.

ACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.

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: Hostinger

This plugin has been installed on over 2 million websites and maintains a 2.7/5 rating. It was first published in November 2023.

Hostinger Tools is an all-in-one plugin designed to streamline essential tasks for WordPress site administrators. This plugin offers a range of featur …

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 Mailchimp plugin for WordPress. Allows you to add a multitude of newsletter sign-up methods to your site.

Author: WPDeveloper

This plugin has been installed on over 2 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 100+ stunning elements like Data Table, Event Calendar, Filterable Gallery, WooCommerce.

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: SiteGround

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.2/5 rating. It was first published in November 2014.

Boost your website performance and page speed, and increase conversions with powerful caching, frontend, media, and environment optimizations.

Author: Automattic

This plugin has been installed on over 1 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: Tim Whitlock

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

Translate WordPress plugins and themes directly in your browser

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.

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 migrations and backups are much easier with Duplicator! Backup, migrate, clone, copy, move and transfer an entire site. Zero Downtime!

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: 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.

The Elementor Addons provides various premium and free Elementor addons. Get exclusive modules and 90+ custom Elementor widgets under one hood.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.3/5 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: 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

Author: WP Engine

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in January 2015.

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

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.

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 SVGs to the Media Library, sanitize/minify them, and even render them inline for direct styling/animation of internal elements.

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: 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.

Optimize images & bulk compress images with lossless compression, lazy load, convert WebP, and properly size images via CDN for incredibly fast sites.

Author: mndpsingh287

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 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 4.6/5 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.

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.

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

Get caching and more with this powerful cache plugin. Cache, optimize images, clean your database and minify for maximum performance.

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: Envato

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 3.8/5 rating. It was first published in July 2018.

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

Author: SiteGround

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in May 2021.

Secure your WordPress site from brute-force attacks, threats, malware, and bots. Free to use and easy to set up.

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: 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 4.7/5 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.

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.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.8/5 rating. It was first published in June 2018.

Configure your Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent and Cookie Policy with our Wizard and Cookie Scan.

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.

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.

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million websites and maintains a 4.5/5 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 1 million websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in June 2012.

An easy, clean and simple way to enhance your site with code snippets.

Author: 10up

This plugin has been installed on over 1 million 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.

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in June 2018.

Power-up Gutenberg with advanced blocks for faster website creation. Build your WordPress website effortlessly using powerful building blocks!

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.

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in January 2016.

Compress images & convert WebP and AVIF with the best and easiest WordPress image optimization plugin. Resize and optimize images in 1-click easily!

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 900 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.

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: SeedProd

This plugin has been installed on over 900 thousand 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.

Author: SolidWP

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.6/5 rating. It was first published in October 2010.

Reduce your WordPress website’s risk to nearly zero with Solid Security

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 3/5 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 800 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 9.3.x compatible.

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: Sucuri Inc.

This plugin has been installed on over 800 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: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 800 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 …

This plugin has been installed on over 800 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 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.

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 5/5 rating. It was first published in June 2012.

Embed beautiful and interactive tables into your WordPress website’s posts and pages, without having to write code!

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 3/5 rating. It was first published in April 2020.

Securely accept credit and debit cards on your WooCommerce store. Manage payments without leaving your WordPress dashboard. Only with WooPayments.

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 and taxonomy terms as usual while defining their languages all at once.

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.3/5 rating. It was first published in January 2010.

The Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.

Author: Leap13

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in January 2018.

90+ Elementor widgets and 580+ templates. It includes elements like Nav Mega Menu, Carousel and Blog, WooCommerce widgets, Display Conditions.

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

Advanced tag management for WordPress with Google Tag Manager

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.

Want to boost sales & marketing efforts? Using popups are a great way to increase conversions! Use your favorite forms & builder, keep your data.

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.

This plugin has been installed on over 700 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.

Author: MainWP

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

MainWP Child establishes a secure link between your WordPress sites and your self-hosted MainWP Dashboard, simplifying site management.

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 3.8/5 rating. It was first published in January 2024.

Automatically resize, optimize, and convert images to WebP and AVIF. Compress images in bulk or on upload to boost your WordPress site performance.

Author: Creame

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.7/5 rating. It was first published in February 2018.

WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, Phone call… capture users through their favorite Apps and turn into clients

This plugin has been installed on over 700 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: 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.).

Author: Nsp Code

This plugin has been installed on over 700 thousand websites and maintains a 4.5/5 rating. It was first published in September 2010.

Sort Posts and custom Post Type Objects (custom post types) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript AJAX interface or default WordPress dashboard.

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.9/5 rating. It was first published in March 2010.

Translate WordPress with Google Translate multilanguage plugin to make your website multilingual. Complete multilingual SEO solution for WordPress.

Author: MetaBox.io

This plugin has been installed on over 600 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.

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in December 2015.

Easily add Custom CSS or JS to your website with an awesome editor.

Author: WooCommerce

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 2.2/5 rating. It was first published in October 2020.

PayPal's latest payment processing solution. Accept PayPal, Pay Later, credit/debit cards, alternative digital wallets and bank accounts.

Author: OceanWP

This plugin has been installed on over 600 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: SiteOrigin

This plugin has been installed on over 600 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.

Author: ShortPixel

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in June 2009.

Easily replace any attached image/file by simply uploading a new file in the Media Library edit view - a real time saver!

Author: Themeum

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.5/5 rating. It was first published in May 2014.

The Ultimate Customizer Framework for WordPress Theme Developers

Author: MailPoet

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 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: Themeisle

This plugin has been installed on over 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.3/5 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 600 thousand websites and maintains a 4.4/5 rating. It was first published in July 2009.

Create a complete WordPress backup easily. Schedule automatic backups, store securely, and restore effortlessly with the best WordPress backup plugin!