On 26th Dec 2019, there were 55,062 plugins on wordpress.org, when I performed my extract; an increase of 138 since the last week. So the number of plugins must have silently reached 55 thousand at the start of the week.
There’s one change in the top 12, optinmonster has replaced wp-super-cache.
Ever wondered how much it would cost to upgrade to the premium version of the top 12 WordPress plugins?
UpdraftPlus is the most popular backup plugin on wordpress.org. There are many more.
Jetpack is a very popular plugin.
WordPress SEO is the most popular plugin on wordpress.org
Today, 15th December 2019, according to wordpress.org there are 54,924 plugins. Three fewer than in October.
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | wp-super-cache | 31,241,518 |
| 11 | updraftplus | 31,502,349 |
| 10 | wpforms-lite | 36,050,765 |
| 9 | elementor | 40,615,019 |
| 8 | google-analytics-for-wordpress | 60,589,594 |
| 7 | all-in-one-seo-pack | 63,904,009 |
| 6 | woocommerce | 81,405,640 |
| 5 | contact-form-7 | 127,889,714 |
| 4 | wordfence | 142,051,385 |
| 3 | akismet | 149,612,816 |
| 2 | jetpack | 157,498,251 |
| 1 | wordpress-seo | 214,348,171 |
| Groups: | downloads |
|---|---|
| 1->10 | 13 |
| 10->100 | 1336 |
| 100->1000 | 20070 |
| 1000->10000 | 22946 |
| 10000->100000 | 8094 |
| 100000->1000000 | 2047 |
| 1000000->10000000 | 372 |
| 10000000->100000000 | 41 |
| 100000000->1000000000 | 5 |
| Groups: | last_updated |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 17622 |
| 2018 | 5928 |
| 2017 | 4892 |
| 2016 | 5243 |
| 2015 | 4644 |
| 2014 | 3994 |
| 2013 | 3035 |
| 2012 | 2931 |
| 2011 | 2370 |
| 2010 | 1890 |
| 2009 | 1383 |
| 2008 | 662 |
| 2007 | 227 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2005 | 64 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| Version | Requires | Tested |
|---|---|---|
| 0.70 to 2.9 | 20923 | 4603 |
| 3.0 to 3.9 | 13574 | 10491 |
| 4.0 to 4.9 | 16551 | 20365 |
| 5.0 | 845 | 2333 |
| 5.1 | 177 | 2115 |
| 5.2 | 288 | 7368 |
| 5.3 | 50 | 6031 |
| Other | 2512 | 1563 |
| Other+ | 4 | 55 |
| Groups: | rating |
|---|---|
| 5 | 18516 |
| 4 | 5809 |
| 3 | 2480 |
| 2 | 622 |
| 1 | 1067 |
| 0 | 26430 |
Contact Form 7 is a very popular contact form plugin. Let’s have a look at the plugin extensions you might want to use with it.
The WordPress 2019 Annual Survey listed the top 20 most popular plugins in September 2019. Here’s their position in the most downloaded table.
These 5 plugins used to be in the top 12: WordPress Importer, W3 Total Cache, NextGEN Gallery, WP-PageNavi and Google XML Sitemaps.
So where are they now?
