My first report of top 12 plugins in 2022 comes a few days before WordPress 5.9’s release on 25th January.
- The order of the top 12 hasn’t changed.
- Over 3,000 plugins have been updated so far this year.
- Nearly 1,000 plugins report that they’re compatible with WordPress 5.9
- Apparently two plugins have been tested with WordPress 6.0!
- 48% of plugins don’t have any reviews.
Total downloads: 6,389,456,594
Plugins: 59924
Top 12 plugins – total downloads and active
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | all-in-one-wp-migration | 68,297,033 |
| 11 | really-simple-ssl | 81,616,293 |
| 10 | all-in-one-seo-pack | 91,703,234 |
| 9 | wpforms-lite | 92,935,320 |
| 8 | google-analytics-for-wordpress | 106,646,024 |
| 7 | elementor | 155,318,863 |
| 6 | woocommerce | 167,685,479 |
| 5 | contact-form-7 | 206,109,604 |
| 4 | wordfence | 224,256,713 |
| 3 | akismet | 224,811,106 |
| 2 | jetpack | 258,982,074 |
| 1 | wordpress-seo | 390,106,053 |