Popular WordPress Themes
& Plugins, Tracked Daily.

Daily rankings, install counts and movement for every theme and plugin on WordPress.org.

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8,706themes tracked

66,606plugins tracked

Dailysnapshots since 2024

Biggest moves this week

7-day ranking movement · 10K+ installs only

Themes

▲ Trending up
▲ 4	Customizr 30K+ installs
▲ 3	Twenty Fourteen 50K+ installs
▲ 3	Phlox 30K+ installs
▲ 3	Intentionally Blank 10K+ installs
▼ Trending down
▼ 4	Page Builder Framework 10K+ installs
▼ 3	Shapely 10K+ installs
▼ 2	TutorStarter 10K+ installs
▼ 2	Mesmerize 10K+ installs

Plugins

▲ Trending up
▲ 190	Easy MCP AI 20K+ installs
▲ 98	xSpeed Cache 10K+ installs
▲ 92	WPVibe 70K+ installs
▲ 87	BeyondSEO 10K+ installs
▼ Trending down
▼ 107	Cookies for Comments 10K+ installs
▼ 41	WP Sticky Button 10K+ installs
▼ 31	White Label 10K+ installs
▼ 29	WP Comment Cleaner 20K+ installs

Notable moves

Install-bracket changes, top-10 crossings and data anomalies from the last 30 days · updated daily

Post Views Counter plugin ⚠ Install count swung 7 changes between 100K+ and 200K+ — installs shouldn’t move like this Oct 9 · see the plugin page UpdraftPlus plugin ▲ Install bracket up: 3M+ → 4M+ Sep 23 WP Show Posts plugin ⚠ Install bracket up 60K+ → 70K+ on ~1.7K downloads — inconsistent with download volume Oct 15 · see the plugin page Envo Royal theme ⚠ Install bracket up 40K+ → 50K+ on ~2.3K downloads — inconsistent with download volume Oct 8 · see the theme page PiWeb Live sales notification fo… plugin ⚠ Install bracket up 40K+ → 50K+ on ~2K downloads — inconsistent with download volume Oct 14 · see the plugin page Compliance by Hu-manity.co plugin ▼ Install bracket down: 900K+ → 800K+ Sep 21 Polylang plugin ▲ Install bracket: 5 changes between 800K+ and 900K+ Oct 12 Fluent Forms plugin ▲ Install bracket: 700K+ → 800K+ → 700K+ → 800K+ Oct 15 FluentSMTP plugin ▲ Install bracket up: 600K+ → 700K+ Sep 30 Envo One theme ⚠ Install count swung 9 changes between 10K+ and 20K+ — installs shouldn’t move like this Oct 8 · see the theme page Responsive theme ⚠ Install count swung 10K+ → 20K+ → 10K+ → 20K+ — installs shouldn’t move like this Oct 12 · see the theme page Audit Trail plugin ⚠ Install bracket up 10K+ → 20K+ on ~646 downloads — inconsistent with download volume Sep 19 · see the plugin page

What is WP.MD?

WP.MD is a daily tracker for the WordPress.org ecosystem. Every day we capture the official directories’ popularity rankings for themes and plugins and record each one’s position, active installs, and downloads — building the time series the directories themselves never show. Instead of a static snapshot, you see who’s rising, who’s falling, and how fast, across 1, 7, and 30 days. The lists above show the current top 20 themes and top 20 plugins by active installs, as of 2026-10-15.

Two catalogs, one ecosystem

Themes and plugins play by different rules, and the numbers reflect it. The theme directory caps public install counts at 1M+ — a bucket currently shared by Twenty Twenty-Five, Hello Elementor, and Astra. The plugin side runs an order of magnitude bigger, topping out at 10M+ active installs, where Elementor, Yoast SEO, and Contact Form 7 lead the field. Movement has different causes too: theme rankings are shaped by WordPress’s bundled defaults, while plugin downloads spike with every update a popular plugin ships.

The full trackers go much deeper than the top 20 — daily movement columns, Block vs. Classic filtering, ratings, install milestones, and a page for every theme and plugin with its complete ranking history: see the most popular WordPress themes and the most popular WordPress plugins.

Beyond the rankings

Popularity is only one lens. Our WordPress theme statistics and WordPress plugin statistics cover the whole directories — nearly 15,000 themes and over 50,000 plugins — with growth trends, author breakdowns, and category leaders. We also benchmark the fastest WordPress themes with Lighthouse performance scores, and rank the top theme authors across their entire portfolios.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most popular WordPress theme right now?

As of 2026-10-15, Twenty Twenty-Five leads the WordPress.org theme popularity ranking, followed by Hello Elementor and Astra. Keep in mind that default themes ship with WordPress core, so part of their lead reflects bundling rather than deliberate choice — the daily theme tracker shows how the full ranking moves.

What is the most popular WordPress plugin right now?

As of 2026-10-15, Elementor tops the plugin ranking with 10M+ active installs, ahead of Yoast SEO and Contact Form 7. See the daily plugin tracker for the full list and movement.

Where does the data come from?

All ranking data comes from the public WordPress.org directories, captured once a day and stored as a time series. Real-world usage figures and performance scores come from independent sources — live-site surveys and Lighthouse tests — so directory popularity can be compared against actual deployment.

How often is this data updated?

Every day. Each snapshot is compared against the previous day, and the trackers surface 7-day and 30-day movement alongside it. The top-20 lists on this page always reflect the latest capture.