On 15th January 2020 there were 55,310 plugins when I started to perform the extract. 55,311 before it finished! An increase of over 10 plugins per day.
Over 2000 plugins have been updated so far this year.
There are no changes in the top 12.
Top 12 – New Year’s Day 2020
On 1st Jan 2020, there were 55,134 plugins on wordpress.org, when I performed my extract; an increase of 72 since the last week. Three plugins have now reached over 150 million downloads: Akismet, Jetpack and WordPress SEO. Five over 100 million.
There are no changes in the top 12.
Top 12 – Boxing Day 2019
On 26th Dec 2019, there were 55,062 plugins on wordpress.org, when I performed my extract; an increase of 138 since the last week. So the number of plugins must have silently reached 55 thousand at the start of the week.
There’s one change in the top 12, optinmonster has replaced wp-super-cache.
Top 12 plugins – premium pricing
Ever wondered how much it would cost to upgrade to the premium version of the top 12 WordPress plugins?
Backup plugins?
UpdraftPlus is the most popular backup plugin on wordpress.org. There are many more.
Jetpack related plugins
Jetpack is a very popular plugin.
Yoast SEO related plugins
WordPress SEO is the most popular plugin on wordpress.org
12 plugins of WordPress – Christmas 2019
Top 12 WordPress plugins – December 2019
Today, 15th December 2019, according to wordpress.org there are 54,924 plugins. Three fewer than in October.
Total downloads: 3,687,746,365
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | wp-super-cache | 31,241,518 |
| 11 | updraftplus | 31,502,349 |
| 10 | wpforms-lite | 36,050,765 |
| 9 | elementor | 40,615,019 |
| 8 | google-analytics-for-wordpress | 60,589,594 |
| 7 | all-in-one-seo-pack | 63,904,009 |
| 6 | woocommerce | 81,405,640 |
| 5 | contact-form-7 | 127,889,714 |
| 4 | wordfence | 142,051,385 |
| 3 | akismet | 149,612,816 |
| 2 | jetpack | 157,498,251 |
| 1 | wordpress-seo | 214,348,171 |
Grouped by total downloads
| Groups: | downloads |
|---|---|
| 1->10 | 13 |
| 10->100 | 1336 |
| 100->1000 | 20070 |
| 1000->10000 | 22946 |
| 10000->100000 | 8094 |
| 100000->1000000 | 2047 |
| 1000000->10000000 | 372 |
| 10000000->100000000 | 41 |
| 100000000->1000000000 | 5 |
Last updated
| Groups: | last_updated |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 17622 |
| 2018 | 5928 |
| 2017 | 4892 |
| 2016 | 5243 |
| 2015 | 4644 |
| 2014 | 3994 |
| 2013 | 3035 |
| 2012 | 2931 |
| 2011 | 2370 |
| 2010 | 1890 |
| 2009 | 1383 |
| 2008 | 662 |
| 2007 | 227 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2005 | 64 |
| 2004 | 6 |
WordPress version compatibility
| Version | Requires | Tested |
|---|---|---|
| 0.70 to 2.9 | 20923 | 4603 |
| 3.0 to 3.9 | 13574 | 10491 |
| 4.0 to 4.9 | 16551 | 20365 |
| 5.0 | 845 | 2333 |
| 5.1 | 177 | 2115 |
| 5.2 | 288 | 7368 |
| 5.3 | 50 | 6031 |
| Other | 2512 | 1563 |
| Other+ | 4 | 55 |
Star ratings
| Groups: | rating |
|---|---|
| 5 | 18516 |
| 4 | 5809 |
| 3 | 2480 |
| 2 | 622 |
| 1 | 1067 |
| 0 | 26430 |
Contact Form 7 and extensions
Contact Form 7 is a very popular contact form plugin. Let’s have a look at the plugin extensions you might want to use with it.