The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 15th March 2022 follows.
- UpdraftPlus has replaced All in One WP Migration in 12th place.
- 9,435 plugins have been updated to date this year.
- But only 7,861 have been tested with WordPress 5.9
- 41 have been tested with WordPress 6.0… which is due for release on May 24th.
Total downloads: 6,636,561,134
Plugins: 59576
Top 12 plugins – total downloads and active
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | updraftplus | 76,106,109 |
| 11 | really-simple-ssl | 85,609,873 |
| 10 | all-in-one-seo-pack | 94,011,079 |
| 9 | wpforms-lite | 96,601,178 |
| 8 | google-analytics-for-wordpress | 114,578,667 |
| 7 | elementor | 165,642,515 |
| 6 | woocommerce | 181,132,286 |
| 5 | contact-form-7 | 215,434,197 |
| 4 | wordfence | 229,878,010 |
| 3 | akismet | 231,615,047 |
| 2 | jetpack | 267,040,107 |
| 1 | wordpress-seo | 406,735,173 |