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According to WP Monitor, the WordPress directory has over 60,766 plugins. Among them, only 61+ plugins make it over millions of active users. In this blog, we will explore all the top WordPress plugins that make it reachable. We have added a small analysis. Over time, we will improve the blog.
Statistical Analysis of Top WordPress Plugins 2026
We have counted only the top 5 of each list.
| Active Installation Range | Numbers of Plugin | Author Company Name | Numbers of Plugin |
| 10M+ | 3 | Automattic | 2 |
| 9M+ | 1 | Awesome Motive / Syed Balkhi | 2 |
| 7M+ | 2 | ||
| 6M+ | 1 | ||
| 5M+ | 3 | ||
| 4M+ | 4 | ||
| 3M+ | 6 | ||
| 2M+ | 12 | ||
| 1M+ | 32 | ||
As you see, 32+ plugins are in 1M+, 12+ in 2M+ and the rest are in the topper in the club. Automattic and Aesome Motive has highest plugins in this list. While more companies have only 1 in the list.
Top WordPress Plugins with Over Milions Users
1. Elementor Website Builder (10M+): Elementor is the graound changing WordPress page builder plugin. This is not just a builder, but more than just a Page Builder. Elementor, the leading WordPress website creation platform, empowers you to build professional, pixel-perfect websites seamlessly. Elementor has 6,088+ five-star reviews with a 4.5 average rating.
2. Yoast SEO (10M+): It’s the oldest SEO plugin for WordPress. It has advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI. Yoast has 25,969+ five-star reviews with 4.8 average ratings.
3. Contact Form 7 (10M+): Contact Form 7 is a plugin designed make a simple contact form for any website. This plugin is widely used both on development and production sites. The plugin has 1451+ five-star reviews with a 4.0 average rating.
Only 3 plugins made the magic figure. Each of them has 10M+ massive active users according to the WordPress directory. Eleentor made history as the first 10M club and later YoastSEO, Contact Form joined in the history. And this 3 plugin not just powered the WordPress users but also brought a massive number of new users into the WP ecosystem.
4. Classic Editor (9M+): Classic Editor is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress editor and the “Edit Post” screen. It makes it possible to use plugins that extend that screen, add old-style meta boxes, or otherwise depend on the previous editor.
Classic editor may make 10M+ soon in the future. And this is the plugin that shows the WordPress workers that grow over time. And it has the highest active users among the WordPress powered plugin.
WordPress later released Gutenberg and now it’s the default editor. Fun fact is, many people still love Classic Editor. If you are someone who wants the Classic editor instead of Gutenberg, we have a solution for you. You can disable Gutenberg with one toggle withthe Minifly plugin.
5. WooCommerce (7M+): WooCommerce began in September 2011 as a free WordPress plugin developed by WooThemes. Later in 2015, Automattic acquired the plugin. And then the plugin changes the history of WordPress eCommerce. Whether you’re launching a business, taking brick-and-mortar retail online, or developing sites for clients, use WooCommerce for a store that powerfully blends content and commerce.
6. LiteSpeed Cache (7M+): LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress (LSCWP) is an all-in-one site acceleration plugin, featuring an exclusive server-level cache and a collection of optimization features.
WordPress is no longer just a blog platform. And the reason behind this is many plugins. WooCommerce is one of the leading plugins that brings WordPress out of just a blog CMS. And LightSpeed Cache also helps remove the slow, laggy tag from WordPress.
7. Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (6M+): The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
8. WPForms (6M+): It’s an easy form builder plugin for WordPress. You can create contact forms, Payment forms, Surveys, & More. Awesome Motive and Syed Balkhi are the forces behind this plugin.
Akismet and WPForms help you building Spam-free site with a contact form that connects users with you. Awesome motive has hundreds of plugins and WPForms is one that climbes tob with the active installations.
9. All-in-One WP Migration and Backup (5M+): All-in-One WP Migration is a site migration plugin that offers enterprise-grade reliability with beginner-friendly simplicity.
10. Site Kit by Google (5M+): Site Kit is an analytics, search console, AdSense, and Speed watching plugin by Google. With this plugin, you can see your data all from the WordPress admin panel.
11. Wordfence Security (5M+): It is a WP Security plugin with firewall safety, malware scan, and login security. Wordfence is widely acknowledged as the number one WordPress security research team in the World.
In the 5M+ category, we see 3 different plugin yet 3 of them are essential plugins for WordPress. Migration and backup site, check the marketing data and secure it from hacking.
12. WP Mail SMTP by WPForms (4M+): The most popular SMTP and email log plugin. It’s a free and reliable plugin to send your WordPress emails!
13. Really Simple Security (4M+): It’s a simple and performant security SSL plugin for WordPress. You can easily improve site security with WordPress hardening, Two-Factor authentication (2FA), Login protection, Vulnerability detection and SSL certificate.
14. Yoast Duplicate Post (4M+): This plugin allows users to clone posts of any type or copy them to new drafts for further editing. The plugin has just one module, yet it has achieved over 4 million users. It is the top WordPress Duplicate Post Plugins by Yoast.
15. Jetpack (4M+): Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that helps you create better content, grow your subscribers, earn money from your website and keep it safe, fast, and secure.
SMTP is essential for sending transactional email, marketing email, and SSL gives users confidence to purchase, while a social plugin brings more visitors from social channels. In the 4 million club, you can see a combination of growth plugins for your WordPress site.
16. UpdraftPlus: WP Backup and migration plugin 3M+
17. Duplicate Page 3M+
18. Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 3M+
19. All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic 3M+
20. Hostinger Tools 3M+
21. WordPress Importer 3M+
22. WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 2M+
23. Redirection 2M+
24. MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) 2M+
25. Classic Widgets 2M+
26. Ultimate Addons for Elementor 2M+
27. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+
28. Limit Login Attempts Reloaded – Login Security, Brute Force Protection, Firewall 2M+
29. Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 2M+
30. Advanced Editor Tools 2M+
31. WPS Hide Login 2M+
32. MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 2M+
33. Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 2M+
34. ElementsKit Elementor Addons and Templates 1M+
35. Loco Translate 1M+
36. WP Super Cache 1M+
37. Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] 1M+
38. Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+
39. CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+
40. Loginizer 1M+
41. File Manager 1M+
42. Better Search Replace 1M+
43. WP Fastest Cache 1M+
44. SVG Support 1M+
45. Envato Elements – Photos & Elementor Templates 1M+
45. Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent 1M+
46. Code Snippets 1M+
47. Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation 1M+
48. One Click Demo Import 1M+
49. Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+
50. XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+
51. Custom Post Type UI 1M+
52. WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+
53. ManageWP Worker 1M+
54. Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website Builder for the Block Editor 1M+
55. Maintenance 1M+
56. Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | Image CDN 1M+
57. Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed (1M+): Another plugin by Awesome Motive for easy social feeds. You can use Social Photo Feed to seamlessly integrate your Instagram widgets and keep your site effortlessly updated
58. Regenerate Thumbnails (1M+): Regenerate Thumbnails allows you to regenerate all thumbnail sizes for one or more images that have been uploaded to your media library.
59. Image Optimizer (1M+): It’s an image optimization and conversion plugin by Elementor. It has over a million, but with a large number of hatters. The plugin has only 1.5/5 ratings in the WordPress directory.
60. Safe SVG (1M+): Safe SVG is the best way to allow SVG Uploads in WordPress! This is one of the interesting plugins we discovered while writing this blog.
61. EWWW Image Optimizer (1M+): EWWW IO is the plugin that lets you optimize images using tools on your own server. With Easy IO, images are automatically compressed, scaled to fit the page and device size, lazy loaded, and converted to next-gen WebP and AVIF formats.
62. All-In-One Security (1M+): All-in-One Security (AIOS) is a WordPress security plugin from the same trusted team that brought you UpdraftPlus. It’s called ‘All-In-One’ because it’s packed with features to keep your WordPress website(s) safe and secure.
63. Redux Framework (1M+): Redux is a simple, genuinely extensible, and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins. Built on the WordPress Settings API, Redux supports many field types, custom error handling, custom fields & validation types, and import/export functionality. The framework is very popular among the theme developers.
64. WP Multibyte Patch (1M+): Multibyte functionality enhancement for the WordPress Japanese package. While we were compiling the blog, we discovered this plugin for the first time.
65. W3 Total Cache (1M+): It improves the SEO, Core Web Vitals and overall user experience of your site by increasing website performance. The plugin also reduces load times by leveraging features like content delivery network (CDN) integration and the latest best practices.
66. Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA (1M+): The plugin adds a simple and customizable banner to your website. You can easily adjust the text, style, and position of the banner. The plugin supports basic cookie consent needs under EU GDPR and CCPA regulations. It also integrates smoothly with Cookie Compliance for updated consent rules. At this time, the plugin has 2850+ five-star reviews with 4.8 average ratings.
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed helps display social media content cleanly and engagingly. Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Optimizer, EWWW Image Optimizer, and Safe SVG focus on image handling, performance, and media safety. All-In-One Security (AIOS) adds strong protection with a firewall and security features.
W3 Total Cache improves website speed and performance through caching, which directly impacts SEO and user experience. Redux Framework supports developers, while WP Multibyte Patch ensures better compatibility with non-English languages. Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA helps websites handle cookie consent rules and legal requirements.
That’s all about the list of top WordPress plugins. We have collected the list from WP-Rankings and the WordPress directory.
