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Popular Plugins

Below is the list of 100 popular plugins from the wp.org.

Compare from: Friday, 29th of August 2025 to: Thursday, 11th of September 2025

Comparing downloads from last week. Add query parameter ?compare_by=day to change the downloads by day. Also add &debug to see the current & recent downloads count.

1
Elementor Website Builder – More Than Just a Page Builder
+5515403 +82.33 1183618 - 6699021
2
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
+3529046 +79.98 883364 - 4412410
3
Contact Form 7
-65501 -20.1% 391306 - 325805
4
Classic Editor
-24 -0.02% 110598 - 110574
5
WooCommerce
-265843 -62.44% 691599 - 425756
6
LiteSpeed Cache
+1077250 +51.63 1009420 - 2086670
7
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
-14850 -4.39% 353021 - 338171
8
WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
-35572 -15.01% 272609 - 237037
9
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup
+1127630 +77.11 334688 - 1462318
10
Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed
+1944759 +83.41 386869 - 2331628
11
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
-137583 -43.83% 451518 - 313935
12
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
-1112794 -464% 1352620 - 239826
13
Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)
-1717832 -423.8% 2123176 - 405344
14
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
-36424 -3.17% 1184685 - 1148261
15
Yoast Duplicate Post
+14563 +31.73 31336 - 45899
16
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
+47322 +23.18 156817 - 204139
17
Duplicate Page
+10822 +13.74 67957 - 78779
18
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
-185564 -14.93% 1428192 - 1242628
19
All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic
-820646 -587.77% 960266 - 139620
20
WordPress Importer
+13621 +2.69 492607 - 506228
21
WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager
-825 -0.34% 244366 - 243541
22
Redirection
+1912 +4.32 42392 - 44304
23
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
+1811918 +93.27 130733 - 1942651
24
Hostinger Tools
+106784 +81.59 24089 - 130873
25
Classic Widgets
+25 +0.15 16533 - 16558
26
Ultimate Addons for Elementor (Formerly Elementor Header & Footer Builder)
+524423 +81.8 116669 - 641092
27
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded – Login Security, Brute Force Protection, Firewall
-84044 -85.32% 182547 - 98503
28
Advanced Editor Tools
+159 +1.37 11431 - 11590
29
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
+383694 +79.78 97260 - 480954
30
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
-525171 -352.69% 674075 - 148904
31
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
+482691 +87.66 67941 - 550632
32
Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg
+366559 +78.07 102980 - 469539
33
WPS Hide Login
-3295 -11.14% 32874 - 29579
34
ElementsKit Elementor Addons and Templates
-950488 -513.24% 1135683 - 185195
35
Loco Translate
+5332 +13.85 33180 - 38512
36
WP Super Cache
-9859 -14.98% 75691 - 65832
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Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
-269117 -213.96% 394897 - 125780
38
Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
-1329 -4.99% 27961 - 26632
39
CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice)
+297086 +68.85 134390 - 431476
40
Loginizer
-4135 -16.24% 29604 - 25469
41
File Manager
-5753 -8.47% 73692 - 67939
42
WP Fastest Cache
-19139 -31.98% 78984 - 59845
43
Better Search Replace
-326 -1.31% 25289 - 24963
44
SVG Support
+845 +2.51 32823 - 33668
45
Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
-2859 -4.43% 67335 - 64476
46
Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
-2961 -6.48% 48625 - 45664
47
One Click Demo Import
+207927 +87.85 28767 - 236694
48
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin
+2522 +10.61 21259 - 23781
49
XML Sitemap Generator for Google
-136 -1.38% 9961 - 9825
50
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
+8830 +13.48 56669 - 65499
51
Custom Post Type UI
+1827 +4.85 35877 - 37704
52
ManageWP Worker
-2770 -18.02% 18139 - 15369
53
Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | Image CDN
-249638 -187.55% 382746 - 133108
54
Code Snippets
-325599 -349.03% 418885 - 93286
55
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
+28138 +52.49 25471 - 53609
56
Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website Builder for the Block Editor
-208717 -258.81% 289363 - 80646
57
Regenerate Thumbnails
+182 +1.43 12503 - 12685
58
Maintenance
-3184 -7.81% 43973 - 40789
59
EWWW Image Optimizer
-49175 -89.07% 104387 - 55212
60
Image Optimizer – Optimize Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF
+282249 +88.08 38185 - 320434
61
All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
+313031 +91.38 29511 - 342542
62
Redux Framework
-2311 -10.28% 24797 - 22486
63
Safe SVG
-6033 -11.44% 58754 - 52721
64
W3 Total Cache
-9278 -17.31% 62872 - 53594
65
WP Multibyte Patch
-737 -8.46% 9449 - 8712
66
Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA
+438 +1.84 23363 - 23801
67
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin
+1436 +7.47 17784 - 19220
68
Autoptimize
+4629 +20.8 17624 - 22253
69
Imagify Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress Images | Convert WebP | Convert AVIF
+852 +4.1 19949 - 20801
70
Google for WooCommerce
-249987 -306.07% 331664 - 81677
71
Breadcrumb NavXT
+1286 +8 14796 - 16082
72
Smart Slider 3
+5050 +13.82 31503 - 36553
73
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments
-232566 -269.97% 318712 - 86146
74
Translate WordPress with GTranslate
-381 -1.54% 25163 - 24782
75
Polylang
-2078 -10.55% 21779 - 19701
76
Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection
-2023 -10.35% 21565 - 19542
77
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration
-6365 -15.77% 46727 - 40362
78
Flamingo
-1585 -9.81% 17738 - 16153
79
Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode
+1605 +5.89 25643 - 27248
80
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway
+190390 +81.5 43210 - 233600
81
Premium Addons for Elementor
+11282 +2.66 412436 - 423718
82
GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress
+160681 +68.87 72627 - 233308
83
WooCommerce PayPal Payments
-190288 -229.24% 273296 - 83008
84
Antispam Bee
-582 -2.86% 20907 - 20325
85
Widgets for Google Reviews
-192028 -345.73% 247570 - 55542
86
Joinchat
+130492 +73.26 47622 - 178114
87
User Role Editor
-1073 -7.92% 14627 - 13554
88
Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popups Builder
-6159 -15.67% 45470 - 39311
89
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy
-108518 -251.95% 151589 - 43071
90
The Events Calendar
+26263 +4.61 543713 - 569976
91
Hello Dolly
-794 -5.15% 16225 - 15431
92
MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites
-67289 -174.2% 105916 - 38627
93
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening
-4520 -8.25% 59279 - 54759
94
Simple Custom CSS and JS
+167040 +94.55 9621 - 176661
95
Under Construction
+1404 +5 26657 - 28061
96
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
-1440 -2.96% 50057 - 48617
97
Click to Chat – HoliThemes
-129376 -273.18% 176735 - 47359
98
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)
+3912 +1.49 257983 - 261895
99
Post Types Order
-911 -7.6% 12897 - 11986
100
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates
+150771 +77.62 43480 - 194251