The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 4th December 2025 follows:

• 426 fewer plugins than the last report
• No change in the top 12 order.
• 2764 plugins have been tested with WordPress 6.9
• That’s just over 4.6%
• Over half the plugins ( 30,359) don’t have any reviews.

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 9th October 2025 follows:

• 44 fewer plugins than the last report.
• Elementor ( position 2 in the top 12 ) has exceeded 700 million total downloads.
• No change in the top 12 order.
• Even though there are fewer plugins the number that have never had a review has increased by 28.

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 23rd September 2025 follows:

• 266 more plugins than the last report.
• Elementor has nearly reached 700 million total downloads.
• The top 3 plugins account for over 2 billion downloads.
• Which is 15% of the total downloads.
• No change in the top 12 order.
• The increase in the number of plugins that have never been rated is higher than the increase in the number of plugins!

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 13th August 2025 follows:

• The total number of plugins has once again reached 60 thousand.
• That’s the first time since October 2024.
• 154 more plugins than the last report.
• Google Site Kit, in 10th position, has reached 200 million total downloads
• No change in the top 12 order
• Just over half of the plugins (30061) have never been rated!

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 31st July 2025 follows:

• Total downloads now exceeds 13 billion.
• 271 more plugins than last month.
• Contact Form 7 has overtaken Wordfence in 5th position.
• Over 15,000 plugins have been updated this year; just over 25%
• Nearly half of the plugins have never been rated!

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 16th June 2025 follows:

• 182 more plugins than last month.
• No change in the top 12 order.
• Nearly 23% of the plugins have been updated this year.

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 24th May 2025 follows:

• WordPress SEO has exceeded 800 million total downloads.
• 385 more plugins than last month.
• WooCommerce up to 4th.
• Wordfence down to 5th.
• Really Simple SSL up to 11th.
• All in One SEO pack now down to 12th.

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 14th April 2025 follows:

• Google Site Kit has moved up to 10th place from 12th, demoting All in One SEO pack and Really Simple SSL.
• 374 fewer plugins than last month.
• Over 9,000 plugins have been updated so far this year.
• 1355 plugins have been tested with WordPress 6.8

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 21st March 2025 follows:

• No change in the top 12 this month.
• 49 more plugins than last month.
• Over 8,000 plugins have been updated so far this year.
• Nearly 11,000 plugins (but that’s only 18% of the total) have been tested with WordPress 6.7
• Nearly half of all plugins have never been rated.

The top 12 WordPress plugins by total downloads for 17th February 2025 follows:

• Total downloads of plugins from wordpress.org now exceeds 12 billion.
• Elementor has reached 600 million downloads.
• 293 more plugins than last month.
• Just over 10% of plugins have been updated so far this year.
• 9.8K plugins have been marked compatible with WordPress 6.7.
• No change in the top 12 order this month.