Today, 22 December 2016, according to WordPress.org there are 48,166 plugins on WordPress.org.
Total downloads: 1,506,575,759.
That’s an increase of over 6,000 plugins (was 42,001), and nearly 400 million downloads (was 1,126,080,405), in one year.
Total downloads
The top 12 plugins, in terms of total downloads, are:
| Position | plugin | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | akismet | 41870866 | 54086058 |
| 2 | contact-form-7 | 33264457 | 45014223 |
| 3 up 1 | wordpress-seo | 23888967 | 37219578 |
| 4 down 1 | all-in-one-seo-pack | 25340154 | 31222282 |
| 5 | jetpack | 20854957 | 30883469 |
| 6 up 4 | wordfence | 10655259 | 22199987 |
| 7 up 2 | woocommerce | 11542164 | 18968270 |
| 8 down 2 | google-sitemap-generator | 17770697 | 18958317 |
| 9 down 2 | nextgen-gallery | 13895137 | 16312099 |
| 10 | wordpress-importer | 12126051 | 16023897 |
| 11 | google-analytics-for-wordpress | 10436289 | 12697215 |
| 12 | wp-super-cache | 9031498 | 11313369 |
- Akismet and Contact Form 7 are still number one and two.
- WordPress SEO has overtaken All in one SEO pack to become no. 3.
- JetPack’s stayed at 5.
- Google Sitemap generator has dropped 2 places from 6 to 8.
- NextGen gallery has dropped from 7 to 9
- WordPress importer down from 8 to 10
- Both WooCommerce and Wordfence have overtaken these, with Wordfence more than doubling
- Google Analytics for WordPress remains at number 11
- And WP-Super-Cache exceeded 10 million downloads during the year
Total download ranges
The top 192 plugins, with over 1 million downloads each, account for 55% of the total downloads.
| Total downloads | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 1->10 | 167 | 137 |
| 10->100 | 2405 | 1815 |
| 100->1000 | 15307 | 18017 |
| 1000->10000 | 16919 | 19826 |
| 10000->100000 | 5938 | 6799 |
| 100000->1000000 | 1118 | 1379 |
| 1000000->10000000 | 127 | 180 |
| 10000000->100000000 | 11 | 12 |
Most recent updates
Summary of when the plugin was last updated.
| Last updated | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16996 | |
| 2015 | 16149 | 7292 |
| 2014 | 6602 | 5429 |
| 2013 | 4462 | 4092 |
| 2012 | 3955 | 3773 |
| 2011 | 3325 | 3235 |
| 2010 | 3174 | 3121 |
| 2009 | 2392 | 2349 |
| 2008 | 1265 | 1247 |
| 2007 | 430 | 420 |
| 2006 | 61 | 61 |
| 2005 | 143 | 143 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 |
WordPress version compatibility
Versions of WordPress – minimum required versions and tested up to.
| Version | Requires 2015 | Requires 2016 | Tested 2015 | Tested 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 4.7 | 38 | 2 | 4477 | |
| 4.6 | 226 | 3 | 5115 | |
| 4.5 | 72 | 3753 | ||
| 4.4 | 57 | 726 | 3755 | 2962 |
| 4.3 | 306 | 552 | 5186 | 2246 |
| 4.2 | 342 | 540 | 3504 | 2334 |
| 4.1 | 445 | 675 | 2749 | 2070 |
| 4.0 | 1668 | 3069 | 2430 | 1945 |
| 3.0 to 3.9 | 13205 | 1438 | 15167 | 14131 |
| 0.70 to 2.9 | 23848 | 25222 | 7426 | 7323 |
| Other+ | 40 | 41 | 68 | 95 |
| Other | 2081 | 2269 | 1628 | 1682 |
Star ratings
| Stars | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 12626 | 15275 |
| 4 | 3810 | 4702 |
| 3 | 1828 | 2184 |
| 2 | 538 | 610 |
| 1 | 988 | 1119 |
| 0 | 22182 | 24275 |
Other interesting facts?
| Number | Factoid |
|---|---|
| 441 | Plugins with login in their name |
| 2500 | Plugins with widget in their name |
| 10% | Percentage of plugins using “wp” in their name |
Caveats
There’s still a big difference between the total downloads displayed on wordpress.org/plugins and the number obtained using wp-downloads.
Not quite sure where the extra 95 million comes from. Perhaps there are two clones Akismet!
Total
| Year | Total plugins | Total downloads | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 48166 | 1.506.575.759 | From wordpress.org homepage |
| 2016 | 48165 | 1.411.026.695 | From wp-downloads extract |
| 2015 | 41992 | 1.048.261.884 | From wp-downloads extract |