WordPress.org contains several ancient plugins which are not so popular anymore.
It is hard to see which plugin is trending and which one loses more and
more users. For example, WP Super Cache was the most popular cache plugin, but it is losing users while other cache plugins are trending.
Active Install Growth
A few months ago WordPress.org started to display the Active Install Growth diagram
in the advanced section of the plugin’s page. Our site collects the
active install growth metrics for each plugin and computes how much the number of active users has increased in the last 4 weeks. The “Growth” column displays this information.
Why Active Install count is not enough anymore
When you pick the right plugin for the task, you might make the
mistake to check the active installation count only. The plugin growth
is a better indicator as you can see how much the number of active users
has increased. If you see huge active install growth you can expect:
- fewer compatibility issues with other plugins
- a bigger community who can help you
- better support
- more frequent updates and improvements
| Rank | Plugin |
Category |
Growth |
Active Install |
Growth % |
|---|
| #1 |
Elementor Page Builder |
Page Builder
|
+228,249 |
5,000,000 |
+4.78% |
| #2 |
Really Simple SSL |
Security
|
+102,329 |
4,000,000 |
+2.63% |
| #3 |
Elementor – Header, Footer & Blocks Template |
Elementor
|
+58,332 |
500,000 |
+13.21% |
| #4 |
Site Kit by Google |
|
+55,320 |
500,000 |
+12.44% |
| #5 |
Classic Editor |
Page Builder
|
+54,617 |
5,000,000 |
+1.10% |
| #6 |
Google Ads for WooCommerce |
|
+51,262 |
100,000 |
+105.18% |
| #7 |
LiteSpeed Cache |
Cache
|
+48,471 |
1,000,000 |
+5.09% |
| #8 |
Starter Templates – Elementor, Beaver Builder, Gutenberg & Brizy Templates |
|
+39,878 |
500,000 |
+8.67% |
| #9 |
Essential Addons for Elementor |
Elementor
|
+39,122 |
600,000 |
+6.98% |
| #10 |
WordPress SEO Plugin – Rank Math |
SEO
|
+34,776 |
400,000 |
+9.52% |
| #11 |
WooCommerce |
eCommerce
|
+29,835 |
5,000,000 |
+0.60% |
| #12 |
SG Optimizer |
Cache
|
+28,230 |
900,000 |
+3.24% |
| #13 |
Contact Form by WPForms – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress |
Form Builder
|
+26,821 |
3,000,000 |
+0.90% |
| #14 |
Duplicate Page |
Misc
|
+25,582 |
1,000,000 |
+2.63% |
| #15 |
Join.chat |
|
+25,539 |
200,000 |
+14.64% |
| #16 |
Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan |
Security
|
+23,880 |
3,000,000 |
+0.80% |
| #17 |
UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin |
Backup
|
+23,819 |
2,000,000 |
+1.21% |
| #18 |
Insert Headers and Footers |
Theme
|
+23,643 |
1,000,000 |
+2.42% |
| #19 |
Facebook for WooCommerce |
|
+18,582 |
700,000 |
+2.73% |
| #20 |
Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks |
Gutenberg
|
+17,342 |
300,000 |
+6.14% |
| #21 |
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms |
Email
|
+15,840 |
1,000,000 |
+1.61% |
| #22 |
GDPR Cookie Consent |
Privacy
|
+15,801 |
800,000 |
+2.01% |
| #23 |
WPS Hide Login |
Security
|
+15,189 |
700,000 |
+2.22% |
| #24 |
Envato Elements – Photos & Elementor Templates |
Beaver Builder
|
+14,868 |
200,000 |
+8.03% |
| #25 |
Loco Translate |
Localization
|
+14,859 |
1,000,000 |
+1.51% |
| #26 |
Premium Addons for Elementor |
Elementor
|
+14,824 |
300,000 |
+5.20% |
| #27 |
File Manager |
File Manager
|
+14,768 |
600,000 |
+2.52% |
| #28 |
Ocean Extra |
Theme
|
+14,767 |
600,000 |
+2.52% |
| #29 |
Elements kit Elementor addons (Header & Footer Builder, Mega Menu Builder, Layout Library) |
|
+14,601 |
100,000 |
+17.10% |
| #30 |
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded |
Security
|
+13,876 |
1,000,000 |
+1.41% |
| #31 |
Official Facebook Pixel |
|
+13,698 |
400,000 |
+3.55% |
| #32 |
Smush – Compress, Image Optimizer, Lazy Load, WebP Images |
Cache
|
+12,894 |
1,000,000 |
+1.31% |
| #33 |
Safe SVG |
|
+12,560 |
300,000 |
+4.37% |
| #34 |
Smart Slider 3 |
Slider
|
+11,850 |
600,000 |
+2.01% |
| #35 |
Funnel Builder by CartFlows – Create High Converting Sales Funnels For WordPress |
|
+11,720 |
90,000 |
+14.97% |
| #36 |
Astra Widgets |
|
+11,376 |
200,000 |
+6.03% |
| #37 |
SVG Support |
Misc
|
+11,005 |
400,000 |
+2.83% |
| #38 |
Better Search Replace |
|
+10,924 |
1,000,000 |
+1.10% |
| #39 |
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed |
Marketing
|
+10,924 |
1,000,000 |
+1.10% |
| #40 |
Autoptimize |
Optimize
|
+10,923 |
1,000,000 |
+1.10% |
| #41 |
Mailchimp for WooCommerce |
WooCommerce
|
+10,311 |
800,000 |
+1.31% |
| #42 |
Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce |
WooCommerce
|
+10,070 |
200,000 |
+5.30% |
| #43 |
Yoast SEO |
SEO
|
+9,985 |
5,000,000 |
+0.20% |
| #44 |
WP Fastest Cache |
Cache
|
+9,936 |
1,000,000 |
+1.00% |
| #45 |
WooCommerce Cart Abandonment Recovery |
|
+9,845 |
100,000 |
+10.92% |
| #46 |
GA Google Analytics |
Marketing
|
+9,068 |
400,000 |
+2.32% |
| #47 |
Redirection |
Misc
|
+8,949 |
1,000,000 |
+0.90% |
| #48 |
Code Snippets |
|
+8,941 |
200,000 |
+4.68% |
| #49 |
One Click Demo Import |
Theme
|
+8,941 |
900,000 |
+1.00% |
| #50 |
Popup Maker – Popup Forms, Opt-ins & More |
Form Builder
|
+8,899 |
500,000 |
+1.81% |
| #51 |
Under Construction |
|
+8,290 |
400,000 |
+2.12% |
| #52 |
Coming Soon Page, Under Construction & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd |
Maintenance
|
+7,959 |
1,000,000 |
+0.80% |
| #53 |
Imagify – WebP & Image Compression and Optimization |
Optimize
|
+7,674 |
300,000 |
+2.63% |
| #54 |
YITH WooCommerce Wishlist |
WooCommerce
|
+7,635 |
700,000 |
+1.10% |
| #55 |
Happy Addons for Elementor |
|
+7,357 |
60,000 |
+13.98% |
| #56 |
Variation Swatches for WooCommerce |
WooCommerce
|
+6,978 |
100,000 |
+7.50% |
| #57 |
Cookie Notice for GDPR & CCPA |
Privacy
|
+6,968 |
1,000,000 |
+0.70% |
| #58 |
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening |
Security
|
+6,956 |
700,000 |
+1.00% |
| #59 |
Disable Gutenberg |
|
+6,938 |
500,000 |
+1.41% |
| #60 |
AMP |
AMP
|
+6,936 |
500,000 |
+1.41% |
| #61 |
Page Optimize |
|
+6,872 |
30,000 |
+29.71% |
| #62 |
Page Builder: PageLayer – Drag and Drop website builder |
|
+6,657 |
200,000 |
+3.44% |
| #63 |
AppMySite – Convert WordPress & WooCommerce to Android & iOS Mobile Apps |
|
+6,520 |
10,000 |
+187.36% |
| #64 |
Font Awesome |
|
+6,336 |
100,000 |
+6.76% |
| #65 |
Marketing Toolkit by OptinMonster – Popups, Email Optin Forms & Newsletter Subscribers |
Marketing
|
+6,269 |
900,000 |
+0.70% |
| #66 |
Layout Grid Block |
|
+6,262 |
40,000 |
+18.56% |
| #67 |
Duplicate Post |
Misc
|
+5,991 |
3,000,000 |
+0.20% |
| #68 |
ManageWP Worker |
Admin
|
+5,977 |
1,000,000 |
+0.60% |
| #69 |
Orbit Fox by ThemeIsle |
Theme
|
+5,943 |
400,000 |
+1.51% |
| #70 |
Hummingbird – Speed Optimize, Cache, Minify & Defer Critical CSS/Javascript |
|
+5,502 |
100,000 |
+5.82% |
| #71 |
Google Tag Manager for WordPress |
Statistics
|
+5,339 |
300,000 |
+1.81% |
| #72 |
External Links – nofollow, noopener & new window |
|
+5,325 |
70,000 |
+8.23% |
| #73 |
Kirki Customizer Framework |
Theme
|
+5,157 |
400,000 |
+1.31% |
| #74 |
Popup Builder – Responsive WordPress Pop up – Subscription & Newsletter |
|
+5,116 |
200,000 |
+2.63% |
| #75 |
Website Article Monetization By MageNet |
|
+5,083 |
9,000 |
+129.77% |
| #76 |
The Official Facebook Chat Plugin |
|
+5,069 |
80,000 |
+6.76% |
| #77 |
Migrate & Backup WordPress – WPvivid Backup Plugin |
|
+5,055 |
60,000 |
+9.20% |
| #78 |
Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent |
|
+5,052 |
50,000 |
+11.24% |
| #79 |
HubSpot – CRM, Email Marketing, Live Chat, Forms & Analytics |
Form Builder
|
+5,035 |
100,000 |
+5.30% |
| #80 |
WP Social Chat |
|
+5,035 |
100,000 |
+5.30% |
| #81 |
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress |
Marketing
|
+4,983 |
1,000,000 |
+0.50% |
| #82 |
WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips |
WooCommerce
|
+4,922 |
200,000 |
+2.52% |
| #83 |
Full Site Editing |
|
+4,885 |
70,000 |
+7.50% |
| #84 |
Custom Login Page Customizer | LoginPress |
|
+4,847 |
100,000 |
+5.09% |
| #85 |
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites |
|
+4,784 |
90,000 |
+5.61% |
| #86 |
Squirrly SEO 2020 (Smart Strategy) |
SEO
|
+4,764 |
30,000 |
+18.88% |
| #87 |
Custom Fonts |
|
+4,753 |
100,000 |
+4.99% |
| #88 |
Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 |
Contact Form 7
|
+4,752 |
300,000 |
+1.61% |
| #89 |
Health Check & Troubleshooting |
|
+4,728 |
200,000 |
+2.42% |
| #90 |
WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool |
|
+4,728 |
200,000 |
+2.42% |
| #91 |
Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin |
|
+4,555 |
30,000 |
+17.90% |
| #92 |
Ajax Search for WooCommerce |
WooCommerce
|
+4,351 |
60,000 |
+7.82% |
| #93 |
Redirection for Contact Form 7 |
Contact Form 7
|
+4,340 |
200,000 |
+2.22% |
| #94 |
Ocean Social Sharing |
|
+4,281 |
100,000 |
+4.47% |
| #95 |
Google Fonts Typography |
|
+4,186 |
100,000 |
+4.37% |
| #96 |
Flamingo |
Form Builder
|
+4,181 |
600,000 |
+0.70% |
| #97 |
Companion Auto Update |
|
+4,177 |
80,000 |
+5.51% |
| #98 |
Translate WordPress with GTranslate |
|
+4,145 |
200,000 |
+2.12% |
| #99 |
Forminator Payment, Quiz and Contact Form Plugin |
Form Builder
|
+4,120 |
50,000 |
+8.98% |
| #100 |
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce |
WooCommerce
|
+4,078 |
50,000 |
+8.88% |
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