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widget plugins
2,662 plugins in the directory carry the widget tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
2,662
plugins
2,081,790+
combined reach
241
released in 90 days
80%
quiet 18 months+
37
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. Showing the 15 most recent of 37.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | Widget Output Cache | 200+ | released after a long silence |
| 24 Oct 2026 | Ultimate Crypto Widget | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Built-in Widgets Query extend (Custom Post Types & more) | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Extended Page Lists | 20+ | released after a long silence |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Genesis Widget Column Classes | 5,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Pretty Sidebar Categories | 60+ | released after a long silence |
| 17 Oct 2026 | FnF.FM Radio | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Better Sitemap for Elementor | 30+ | released after a long silence |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Sidebar Login | 9,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 12 Oct 2026 | SiteNarrator Text-to-Speech Widget | 800+ | released after a long silence |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Readability Buttons (readability.com) | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 07 Oct 2026 | Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes | 1,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 05 Oct 2026 | WP-jTweets | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 04 Oct 2026 | Future Monitor | 10+ | changed hands |
| 03 Oct 2026 | Tabs Widget for Page Builder | 3,000+ | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocksy Companion The official companion plugin for Blocksy theme, packed with starter sites, extra features, and integrations. | 300,000+ | 4.7★ | 7 days ago |
| Black Studio TinyMCE Widget The visual editor widget for WordPress. | 200,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages Automatically add a table of contents to your posts and pages, with smooth scrolling, anchor links, and simple styling options. | 200,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 months ago |
| Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease! | 100,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 months ago |
| Image Widget A simple image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to your site. | 100,000+ | 4.9★ | 7 months ago |
| Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more! | 100,000+ | 4.8★ | 26 days ago |
| Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Share buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing | 100,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| PHP Code Widget Like the Text widget, but also allows working PHP code to be inserted. | 70,000+ | 4.7★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress More attention and a higher ad performance with fixed sticky widgets. | 70,000+ | 4.7★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Themesflat Addons For Elementor Themesflat Addons For Elementor plugin you install after Elementor!. Themesflat addon focuses on support for the author build Template Kits | 40,000+ | 2.0★ | 8 months ago |
| Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes! | 30,000+ | 4.9★ | 14 days ago |
| Enhanced Text Widget An enhanced version of the text widget that supports Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Shortcodes and PHP with linkable widget title. | 30,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Trustpilot Reviews Generate reviews, add TrustBox for your Woocommerce site with Trustpilot reviews plugin | 30,000+ | 1.8★ | 6 months ago |
| Widget Context Show and hide widgets on specific posts, pages and sections of your site. | 30,000+ | 4.5★ | 28 days ago |
| Donations via PayPal Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode. | 20,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 months ago |
| Search Meter Search Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month. | 20,000+ | 4.3★ | 11 months ago |
| SpiceBox Enhance Spicethemes WordPress Themes functionality. | 20,000+ | 3.8★ | 4 months ago |
| Custom Post Type Widgets Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 5 months ago |
| Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) This plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| Dashboard Notepad The very simplest of notepads for your Dashboard. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 9 years ago · quiet |
| Dynamic Widgets Dynamic Widgets gives you full control on which pages a widget will display. It lets you dynamicly show or hide widgets on WordPress pages. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 15 days ago |
| Mailjet Email Marketing Includes WooCommerce automated and order emails. Design, send and track engaging marketing and transactional emails from your WordPress admin. | 10,000+ | 3.2★ | 23 days ago |
| Meks Easy Ads Widget Display unlimited number of ads inside your WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 4.1★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Meks Simple Flickr Widget Quickly display your Flickr photos inside WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Meks Smart Author Widget Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Meks Smart Social Widget Easily display more than 100 social icons inside your WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget Easily display ThemeForest items inside WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Reusable Blocks Extended Extend Gutenberg Reusable Blocks feature with a complete admin panel, widgets, shortcodes and PHP functions. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| Shortcode Widget Adds a text-like widget that allows you to write shortcode in it. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 8 months ago |
| Simple Image Widget A simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images to your sidebars. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 16 months ago |
| SMK Sidebar Generator Create unlimited custom sidebars and widget areas. Display different sidebars on specific pages, posts, or custom post types with conditional logic. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 9 months ago |
| Social Icons Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets and shortcode | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Ultimate Posts Widget The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| WP-UserOnline Enable you to display how many users are online on your WordPress site with detailed statistics. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 months ago |
| Widget Content Blocks Edit widget content using the default WordPress visual editor and media uploading functionality. Create widgets like you would create posts or pages. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Newpost Catch Thumbnails in new articles setting widget. | 9,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 days ago |
| Widgets for Booking.com Reviews Embed Booking.com reviews fast and easily into your WordPress site. Increase SEO, trust and sales using Booking.com reviews. | 9,000+ | 4.9★ | 8 days ago |
| Rich Contact Widget A simple contact widget enhanced with microdatas & microformats tags for your local SEO | 9,000+ | 4.6★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Sidebar Login Easily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar. | 9,000+ | 4.5★ | 25 days ago |
| Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget Display any RSS feed(s) in widget with news ticker effect in multiple tabs, thumbnails, customizable color themes and more. | 9,000+ | 4.6★ | 17 days ago |
| WP Editor Widget WP Editor Widget adds a rich text widget where the content is edited using the standard WordPress visual editor. | 9,000+ | 4.6★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| AH Display Widgets Simply hide widgets on specified pages. Adds checkboxes to each widget to either show or hide it on every site page. | 8,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 years ago · quiet |
| List Custom Taxonomy Widget The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto … | 8,000+ | 4.7★ | 4 months ago |
| Ultimate Addons for SiteOrigin An ultimate collection of addons for SiteOrigin. SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle is required. | 7,000+ | 3.5★ | 7 years ago · quiet |
| Editor Menu and Widget Access Allow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items. | 7,000+ | 4.8★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Flexible Posts Widget An advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like! | 7,000+ | 4.7★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Genesis Featured Page Advanced An advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Widget Responsive for Youtube Widgets + ShortCode responsive to embed youtube in your sidebar or in your content [youtube video=...] or in WPBakery Page Builder, with SEO http://sc … | 7,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Add Widget After Content This plugin is built to add a widget area/sidebar after content. | 6,000+ | 4.7★ | 5 months ago |
| Automatic Copyright Year Automatic Copyright Year seeks to solve a common problem: keeping your copyright year up-to-date. | 6,000+ | 4.3★ | 7 years ago · quiet |
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