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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Anchor

14 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Anchor

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for anchor comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 14 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 14 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Table of Contents Plus Best overall 90/100
  2. 2. Hyperlink Group Block 82/100
  3. 3. Anchor Block 80/100
  4. 4. WP Anchor Header 78/100
  5. 5. Add Anchor Links 77/100
  6. 6. Anchor Episodes Index 74/100
  7. 7. Smoothscroller 66/100
  8. 8. Advanced Link Block 55/100
  9. 9. Content Anchor Links 49/100
  10. 10. Easy Smooth Scroll Links 49/100
  11. 11. StripTease 48/100
  12. 12. WP Smoother 47/100
  13. 13. Fixed Menu Anchor 47/100
  14. 14. Anchor smooth scroll 46/100
1 Table of Contents Plus
Best overall Free by Syed Balkhi

Table of Contents Plus

Automatically add a table of contents to your posts and pages, with smooth scrolling, anchor links, and simple styling options.

4.4★
from 175 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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3 Anchor Block
Free by Jb Audras

Anchor Block

Anchor Block let you generate internal link to any section of your Gutenberg pages.

4.1★
from 8 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
80

WPScore

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5 Add Anchor Links
Free by Karolina Vyskocilova

Add Anchor Links

Creates anchor links to heading tags in the content of selected posts, just like Github does within the Readme.md files.

4.7★
from 6 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
77

WPScore

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6 Anchor Episodes Index
Free by Jesse Sugden

Anchor Episodes Index

A lightweight plugin that allows you to output an anchor.fm podcast player on your site that includes an episode index. Just add two URL's on the …

4.8★
from 5 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
74

WPScore

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7 Smoothscroller
Free by neilgee

Smoothscroller

This plugin adds a smooth scroll effect to anchor links on the same page. Options to add the effect globally or on certain posts/pages.

4.9★
from 7 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
66

WPScore

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8 Advanced Link Block
Free by Scerno

Advanced Link Block

Turn any block into a clickable link in the Gutenberg editor, with advanced options like phone, email, download, and more.

100+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
55

WPScore

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10 Easy Smooth Scroll Links
Free by andrewmatt

Easy Smooth Scroll Links

Create anchors and add up to to 30 scrolling animation effects to links that link to page anchors. You can set scroll speed and offset value.

5★
from 2 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2017
Tested to
WP 4.5.33
49

WPScore

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11 StripTease
Free by Guy

StripTease

Strips the #more fragments from the end of Read More teaser links so they link to full posts.

5★
from 5 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2022
Tested to
WP 5.9.16
48

WPScore

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12 WP Smoother
Free by harryrobinson

WP Smoother

Make your site super smooth, WP Smoother has features such as: smooth mouse wheel scrolling, smooth anchor scrolling and page load fading animations!

4.7★
from 6 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2017
Tested to
WP 4.8.30
47

WPScore

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13 Fixed Menu Anchor
Free by k00ni

Fixed Menu Anchor

If you are using a sticky, fixed menu in your WP theme, this plugin is the best to deal with it overlapping anchored content.

4★
from 4 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2016
Tested to
WP 4.5.33
47

WPScore

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