I chose Simple Owl Carousel for performance on cwiccer. But it was no good. It didn’t lazy load the images.
Total plugins: 59457
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4759 | Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg | 51223 | 5000 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
| 52098 | Text Carousel Block | 398 | 50 | 0 | 5.8.3 |
| 55983 | Awesome Logo Carousel Block | 224 | 30 | 0 | 5.8.3 |
| 3 | TOTALS | 51845 |
On the 12th September 2021 there were 58,917 plugins in the wordpress.org plugin repository.
These are the figures from an extract taken at 16:00 UTC.
Plugins: 58289
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | optinmonster | 45,146,145 |
| 11 | updraftplus | 47,134,023 |
| 10 | wpforms-lite | 60,351,302 |
| 9 | all-in-one-seo-pack | 73,982,368 |
| 8 | google-analytics-for-wordpress | 82,810,131 |
| 7 | elementor | 89,062,332 |
| 6 | woocommerce | 122,340,376 |
| 5 | contact-form-7 | 169,969,494 |
| 4 | wordfence | 184,365,313 |
| 3 | akismet | 185,838,739 |
| 2 | jetpack | 212,202,184 |
| 1 | wordpress-seo | 295,628,888 |
I’m just testing my brand new SB Chart block plugin. It diplays charts: Line, Bar, Horizontal bar and Pie. I’m going to use it in my monthly top 12 plugins report.
On 14th June 2020 there were 56,743 plugins.
In response to a question at the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – Hands on Problem Solving clinic, here’s the top 20 plugins which include spam in their plugin name or short description.