WordPress Plugin Statistics

A live look at the WordPress plugin ecosystem, as tracked by PluginFind - refreshed automatically every few hours.

PluginFind continuously tracks plugins listed on the official WordPress.org Plugin Directory, scoring each one with our proprietary PF Score and monitoring known vulnerabilities reported by Wordfence Intelligence. The figures below are computed directly from that data - covering plugin counts, popularity, update frequency, user ratings, and security exposure across the catalog. Looking for a point-in-time breakdown instead? See our weekly and monthly reports. We currently have 71,277 plugins listed on PluginFind in total; the figures below cover the 70,792 of those that have completed full PF Score enrichment so far, since newly discovered plugins are queued for scoring rather than scored instantly.

Plugin Directory at a Glance

Headline totals for the WordPress plugin ecosystem as currently tracked by PluginFind.

70,792
Active plugins tracked
15.4B
Total downloads, all tracked plugins
54,385
Plugins removed from WordPress.org
50,200 confirmed permanent · 4,185 under review
57
New plugins indexed today
307
New plugins indexed this week
1,357
New plugins indexed this month

PF Score Distribution

How active WordPress plugins rank across PluginFind's five PF Score tiers, from Low to Platinum. Learn how PF Score works.

Platinum 686 (1%)
Gold 2,948 (4.2%)
Silver 7,856 (11.1%)
Bronze 21,675 (30.6%)
Low 37,627 (53.2%)

Popularity: Active Installs

How many active installations the typical tracked WordPress plugin has, grouped on the same logarithmic scale PF Score itself uses for popularity.

Under 100 54,153 (76.5%)
100–999 9,664 (13.7%)
1K–9.9K 4,788 (6.8%)
10K–99K 1,722 (2.4%)
100K–999K 398 (0.6%)
1M+ 67 (0.1%)

Update Freshness

How recently tracked plugins have shipped an update. Plugins untouched for over 2.5 years score zero on PF Score's freshness component - the same threshold used here.

Last 30 days 10,745 (15.5%)
30–90 days 5,760 (8.3%)
90 days – 1 year 11,265 (16.3%)
1–2 years 5,855 (8.5%)
2–2.5 years 1,546 (2.2%)
Over 2.5 years 34,111 (49.2%)

User Ratings

The distribution of WordPress.org user star ratings across all actively tracked plugins, including plugins with no reviews yet.

4.5–5 stars 21,586 (31.2%)
3.5–4.5 stars 5,184 (7.5%)
2.5–3.5 stars 2,101 (3%)
Under 2.5 stars 1,462 (2.1%)
Not yet rated 38,949 (56.2%)

Security & Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability data sourced from Wordfence Intelligence, checked against the version of each plugin we currently have on file - not just whether a CVE exists somewhere for it.

1,452 tracked plugins currently have an unpatched vulnerability affecting the specific version we have on file for them - out of 70,792 active plugins tracked in total.

Vulnerability Patch Rate

73.9%
patched
Patched - a fix is available 29,313
Unpatched - no fix yet 10,362

Active Severity Breakdown

Unpatched vulnerabilities only, grouped by CVSS severity - the same thresholds PF Score itself uses to penalise an affected plugin's score.

Critical 639 (6.2%)
High 1,491 (14.4%)
Medium / Low 8,232 (79.4%)

Top 15 Plugins by Global Rank

PluginFind's own catalog-wide leaderboard, recomputed nightly from PF Score across 68,312 ranked plugins. Plugins with an identical score share the same rank, so consecutive positions can repeat.

#1
ElementsKit Elementor Addons icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/elementskit-lite/

ElementsKit Elementor Addons

Adds 100+ widgets and templates to Elementor including header-footer and mega menu builders.

★ 4.9/5·1.0M+ installs·Updated 7 Sep 2026
Platinum99.2
#2
Really Simple Security icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/really-simple-ssl/

Really Simple Security

Hardens WordPress security with two-factor authentication, login protection, and vulnerability detection across 3 million active sites.

★ 4.9/5·3.0M+ installs·Updated 1 Sep 2026
Platinum99.1
#3
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/instagram-feed/

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

Display Instagram feeds and galleries from multiple accounts in responsive, customizable layouts.

★ 4.9/5·1.0M+ installs·Updated 31 Aug 2026
Platinum99.1
#4
Essential Addons for Elementor icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/

Essential Addons for Elementor

Expands Elementor with 110+ widgets including galleries, sliders, forms, and WooCommerce components.

★ 4.9/5·1.0M+ installs·Updated 31 Aug 2026
Platinum99.0
#5
Duplicator icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/duplicator/

Duplicator

Create backups and migrate WordPress sites between servers or domains.

★ 4.9/5·1.0M+ installs·Updated 27 Aug 2026
Platinum98.9
#6
Widgets for Google Reviews icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/wp-reviews-plugin-for-google/

Widgets for Google Reviews

Display Google reviews on your WordPress site to build trust and showcase customer ratings.

★ 4.9/5·900K+ installs·Updated 7 Sep 2026
Platinum98.9
#7
WPCode icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/insert-headers-and-footers/

WPCode

Insert header and footer code snippets, PHP functions, and pixel tracking without file editing.

★ 4.9/5·3.0M+ installs·Updated 27 Aug 2026
Platinum98.9
#8
Ultimate Addons for Elementor icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/header-footer-elementor/

Ultimate Addons for Elementor

Elementor add-on offering advanced widgets, templates, and WooCommerce functionality for professional site building.

★ 4.9/5·2.0M+ installs·Updated 26 Aug 2026
Platinum98.9
#9
Translate WordPress with GTranslate icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/gtranslate/

Translate WordPress with GTranslate

Translate WordPress sites with Google Translate and multilingual SEO optimization for WooCommerce stores.

★ 4.9/5·900K+ installs·Updated 31 Aug 2026
Platinum98.8
#10
Starter Templates icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/astra-sites/

Starter Templates

Access a growing library of 300+ pre-built page templates for all major WordPress themes.

★ 4.9/5·1.0M+ installs·Updated 20 Aug 2026
Platinum98.8
#11
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/

WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin

Caching tool that accelerates site performance through simplified page caching and Core Web Vitals optimization.

★ 4.9/5·1.0M+ installs·Updated 19 Aug 2026
Platinum98.7
#12
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/wpvivid-backuprestore/

WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging

Schedule automatic backups, restore in one click, and safely migrate or clone entire WordPress sites.

★ 4.9/5·900K+ installs·Updated 1 Sep 2026
Platinum98.6
#13
WPForms icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/wpforms-lite/

WPForms

Drag-and-drop form builder for creating contact forms, payment forms, and custom forms.

★ 4.8/5·5.0M+ installs·Updated 4 Sep 2026
Platinum98.5
#14
Yoast SEO icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/wordpress-seo/

Yoast SEO

Real-time SEO optimization with schema markup, readability analysis, and content guidance for WordPress sites.

★ 4.8/5·10.0M+ installs·Updated 1 Sep 2026
Platinum98.4
#15
Rank Math SEO icon
Plugin pluginfind.com/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/

Rank Math SEO

SEO optimization plugin offering XML sitemaps, schema markup generation, content analysis, and search console integration.

★ 4.8/5·4.0M+ installs·Updated 31 Aug 2026
Platinum98.4

Most Popular Plugin Tags

The plugin tags used by the most actively tracked plugins - a rough proxy for which problems WordPress plugin authors build for most.

Tag Plugins Share of catalog
1 woocommerce 7,740 10.9% View plugins ›
2 widget 2,609 3.7% View plugins ›
3 seo 2,211 3.1% View plugins ›
4 admin 1,751 2.5% View plugins ›
5 AI 1,746 2.5% View plugins ›
6 security 1,413 2% View plugins ›
7 post 1,399 2% View plugins ›
8 shortcode 1,399 2% View plugins ›
9 posts 1,233 1.7% View plugins ›
10 gutenberg 1,152 1.6% View plugins ›
11 comments 1,131 1.6% View plugins ›
12 ecommerce 1,126 1.6% View plugins ›
13 elementor 1,108 1.6% View plugins ›
14 email 1,059 1.5% View plugins ›
15 block 959 1.4% View plugins ›

Stats refresh automatically roughly every 6 hours. Last refreshed 6 hours ago.