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simple plugins
202 plugins in the directory carry the simple tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
202
plugins
76,920+
combined reach
10
released in 90 days
90%
quiet 18 months+
1
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | Simple SEO | 400+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catch IDs What this plugin does is to shows the IDs on admin section. | 20,000+ | 4.8★ | 6 months ago |
| Simple Login Captcha Adds a simple 3-digit number captcha on the login form. | 10,000+ | 3.9★ | 2 months ago |
| Simple Taxonomy Ordering Quickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Custom CSS Pro Professional real-time CSS editor for those who want to code CSS. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Custom Meta Widget Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| KIA Subtitle The KIA Subtitle plugin allows you to add a subtitle to your posts. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 16 days ago |
| Razorpay Quick Payments Allows you to easily sell things using Razorpay on your WordPress website. | 2,000+ | 2.8★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| Super Simple Google Analytics Very simple plugin for reliably inserting your Google Analytics tracking code on every page. | 2,000+ | 4.2★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Colorbox Description: Adds a very simple Colorbox to your linked images. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Google Analytics Tracking Add Google Analytics to your site with just the Tracking ID through Simple Google Analytics Tracking. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simplelightbox Touch-friendly image lightbox for mobile and desktop without requiring jQuery | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Popup Plugin This plugin makes it easy to create a simple, modifiable popup window. | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Minimal Maintenance Mode The Minimal Maintenance Mode plugin is a simple and lightweight solution to enable a maintenance mode on your WordPress website. | 900+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Live Simple Clock Live Simple Clock is a real time display plugin. It takes into account time zones and hours system formats 24h and 12h (PM, AM). | 700+ | 4.8★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Logged-in-only A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Alligator Menu Popup Add the 'mpopup' class to a menu item in a custom menu to open the target in a popup Window. | 500+ | 4.8★ | 16 months ago |
| Widget Builder Widget Builder uses native WordPress editing interface to provide a unique tool to build custom widgets for your site(s). | 500+ | 3.7★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Simple SEO The SEO basics: a title, a description and a "don't index" checkbox for every page. Small, fast, and no upsell banners all over your admin. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Shipping Discount for WooCommerce: Easy Make a Coupon for Shipping Want to make a strikeout price for shipping? It's easy to use the shipping discount plugin, all you have to do is set the shipping discount you w … | 300+ | 5.0★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background For themes with background images, creates a parallax effect when scrolling. Super simple; no configuration. Just works. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Casper's Flyin' Call-to-Action A lightweight, highly customizable call-to-action plugin that makes it easy to get your visitors' attention. | 200+ | 3.9★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Plugin Name: GMO Showtime GMO Showtime slider plugin gives cool effects to the slider in a snap. The control screen is simple, for anyone to easily use. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Redirect to Homepage Redirects a logged in user to the homepage instead of the Dashboard. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Dropbox Upload Inserts an upload form for visitors to upload files to you Dropbox account without the need of a Dropbox developer account. | 200+ | 4.1★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| Cashfree Quick Button Allows you to easily built payment buttons on your WordPress website. | 100+ | — | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Children Pages Displays children pages of the current top-parent page in a sidebar widget. | 100+ | 4.0★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| Elemental Calculator Insert a simple calculator in your WordPress website with a widget or the shortcode [elemental_calculator]. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| last updated Mark posts as significantly updated an display them in a widget. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Magic Popups – Custom and Lightweight Popups Add lightweight and customizable popups to your WordPress site. You can choose to display your popups on specific pages. You can also display the popu … | 100+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Multiple Sidebar Generator Easily assign custom, widget-enabled sidebars to any page. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Really Simple Login Logo A lightweight, secure, and user-friendly plugin to customize your WordPress login page logo. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| AI-SEO KISS SEO for AI-Driven Search. As AI takes the lead in search technology, AI-SEO KISS helps you adapt to this evolution by removing traditional SEO hassles … | 100+ | 5.0★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Downloads List Provide a list of downloads for your visitors - quick and easy. With download categories and mobile friendly design. | 100+ | — | 12 months ago |
| Simple Notices A simple plugin that adds a notification system to your WordPress. Via custom post types, Simple Notices gives you a way to make announcements that ar … | 100+ | 3.5★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Page to Sidebar Simple Page to Sidebar lets you simply add page content to a sidebar. No more, no less. | 100+ | 4.0★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Fonts Loader Un simple plugin qui permet d'activer des polices d'écritures de Google Fonts et de mettre les @font-face sur le site. | 80+ | — | 3 months ago |
| Simple Blog Authors Widget This plugin lets provides a simple widget to list your blog's authors, including gravatar and post counts | 70+ | — | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Stripe Checkout It is a plug-in that can install the payment button of the payment platform "Stripe". | 70+ | 5.0★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Tel Tracking Adds Google Analytic code to all tel links and mailto links. | 70+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| About Us Widget Easy installation - No settings needed, just add the link of your image, write desciption and paste link to your about us page or any page. | 60+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| WP-Parsi JW Player Create player with JW Player shortcode on-the-fly! | 60+ | 5.0★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Author: Munzir A simple shoutbox with accordion option and customizable through admin panel. | 40+ | 5.0★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Archive Generator A very simple (to use and configure) plug-in to generate a complete list (by category) of all posts. | 40+ | — | 17 years ago · quiet |
| Yonox Add Multiple Posts Yonox Add Multiple Posts enables a WordPress admin to quickly add multiple posts or pages at once. | 40+ | 3.5★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Opinion System note & avis Demo Ajouter la note globale et un récapitulatif de vos avis Opinion System avec le shortcode [opinion_system_note_avis] ou grâce à un widget. | 30+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| Ryans Simple CMS The Simple CMS plugin converts your WordPress admin panel into a simple CMS. This is aimed at web designers who want to provide a simple adminstration … | 30+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple FAQ Simple FAQ gives you ability to create very simple FAQ on your site (questions and answers) | 30+ | — | 15 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Pictures Slider A simple plugin to display a picture slider. Light, efficient and compatible with ACF. Best for developers. | 30+ | — | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Simple Email Form Simple Email Form creates a simple email contact form to your WordPress site. | 30+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simply Better Scroll Bar A simple, better looking scrollbar for your website. | 30+ | — | 6 years ago · quiet |
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