WordPress Plugin Stats

A snapshot of every plugin in the WordPress.org popular directory · refreshed 2026-08-06

The complete Plugin Ecosystem in numbers

Plugins tracked
65,181
in the popular directory listing
Downloads
15.2B
all-time, across all tracked plugins
Active installs
328.6M
estimated across all tracked plugins
Average rating
4.6★
across 29,845 plugins with 838,954 reviews
Total authors
36,385
who published 65,181 plugins
Average installs
5,041
per plugin
Diversity score
98%
across all authors (HHI)

Where plugins cluster by install count

How the 65,181 plugins distribute by active-install count — the long tail is even steeper than for themes.

0
1–9
17,928
10–49
4,097
50–99
5,393
100–299
4,141
300–999
2,779
1K–2.9K
2,052
3K–9.9K
1,114
10K–29K
630
30K–99K
263
100K–299K
206
300K+

Heights use a square-root scale so the long tail stays visible against the bulk; the exact counts are shown above every bar.

Concentration: how few plugins hold most of the installs

The 20 most-installed plugins together account for 32.6% of every active plugin install in the directory.

Top 10 plugins hold
22.2%
of all installs · 32.4% of all downloads
Top 20 plugins hold
32.6%
of all installs · 42.7% of all downloads
Top 50 plugins hold
44.7%
of all installs · 55.5% of all downloads
Top 100 plugins hold
57.4%
of all installs · 66% of all downloads

Plugin ages

<1 year
13,303
1–2 yrs
4,874
2–5 yrs
7,987
5–10 yrs
18,826
10+ yrs
20,191

Top authors by plugins published

  1. bPlugins104 plugins
  2. Syed Balkhi98 plugins
  3. shawfactor90 plugins
  4. WPClever86 plugins
  5. Automattic77 plugins
  6. add-ons.org68 plugins
  7. Scott Reilly63 plugins
  8. VillaTheme57 plugins
  9. Jose Mortellaro56 plugins
  10. Katsushi Kawamori55 plugins

Best and worst rated plugins

Limited to plugins with 50+ reviews so a handful of opinions can't dominate the list.

★ Best rated

  1. TablePress5★ · 4,625 ratings · 600K+ installs
  2. Contact Form CFDB75★ · 1,873 ratings · 600K+ installs
  3. PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce5★ · 1,859 ratings · 300K+ installs
  4. Temporary Login Without Password5★ · 1,529 ratings · 100K+ installs
  5. Folders5★ · 1,514 ratings · 90K+ installs
  6. WP Armour - Honeypot Anti Spam5★ · 1,426 ratings · 400K+ installs
  7. User Menus5★ · 1,274 ratings · 80K+ installs
  8. Chaty5★ · 1,237 ratings · 300K+ installs
  9. Fonts Plugin | Use Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts or Upload Fonts5★ · 1,218 ratings · 200K+ installs
  10. FunnelKit Funnel Builder5★ · 1,009 ratings · 30K+ installs

☆ Worst rated

  1. AI Agent by SiteGround1.5★ · 80 ratings · 1M+ installs
  2. Image Optimization - Optimize Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF1.7★ · 77 ratings · 1M+ installs
  3. Trustpilot-reviews1.8★ · 73 ratings · 30K+ installs
  4. WooCommerce Tax2★ · 105 ratings · 500K+ installs
  5. Gutenberg2.1★ · 3,879 ratings · 300K+ installs
  6. WooCommerce Square2.1★ · 121 ratings · 80K+ installs
  7. Meta for WooCommerce2.2★ · 477 ratings · 400K+ installs
  8. Zapier for WordPress2.2★ · 72 ratings · 50K+ installs
  9. Pinterest for WooCommerce2.3★ · 68 ratings · 300K+ installs
  10. Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)2.5★ · 1,547 ratings · 300K+ installs

New plugins added per month

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Abandoned plugins

31,702 plugins (48.6%) haven't shipped an update in 2+ years — WordPress.org warns visitors on their pages — yet they still power an estimated 9.7M active installs.

1+ year stale
37,541
57.6% of plugins · 17.5M installs
2+ years stale
31,702
48.6% of plugins · 9.7M installs
5+ years stale
24,198
37.1% of plugins · 4.2M installs
10+ years stale
11,536
17.7% of plugins · 633K installs

Most-installed plugins with no update in 2+ years

  1. Template Kit Import400K+ installs · last updated 2024-08-01
  2. Limit Login Attempts300K+ installs · last updated 2023-04-04
  3. Health Check & Troubleshooting300K+ installs · last updated 2024-07-25
  4. Layout Grid Block200K+ installs · last updated 2023-07-11
  5. AddQuicktag100K+ installs · last updated 2021-05-20
  6. Easy Google Fonts100K+ installs · last updated 2021-07-23
  7. WP Downgrade | Specific Core Version100K+ installs · last updated 2023-05-08
  8. WooSidebars100K+ installs · last updated 2024-04-03
  9. BackUpWordPress90K+ installs · last updated 2024-04-24
  10. PHP Code Widget80K+ installs · last updated 2022-03-30
  11. Fixed Widget80K+ installs · last updated 2023-03-30
  12. Heartbeat Control by WP Rocket80K+ installs · last updated 2023-08-31
  13. Disable REST API80K+ installs · last updated 2023-09-14
  14. Title Remover70K+ installs · last updated 2021-06-03
  15. Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress70K+ installs · last updated 2022-07-05
  16. Async JavaScript70K+ installs · last updated 2023-06-22
  17. Hotjar70K+ installs · last updated 2023-10-25
  18. Brazilian Market on WooCommerce70K+ installs · last updated 2024-02-17
  19. WP Show Posts70K+ installs · last updated 2024-04-16
  20. Add From Server60K+ installs · last updated 2020-12-11
  21. Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades60K+ installs · last updated 2022-04-20
  22. Column Shortcodes60K+ installs · last updated 2022-10-11
  23. All in one Favicon60K+ installs · last updated 2023-08-08
  24. Enhanced Media Library60K+ installs · last updated 2024-07-15
  25. Contact Form 7 add confirm50K+ installs · last updated 2018-02-27