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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Cms

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Cms

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for cms 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 15 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. 15 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. White Label CMS Best overall 89/100
  2. 2. List category posts 88/100
  3. 3. Cornerstone 84/100
  4. 4. Admin Management Xtended 83/100
  5. 5. Front Page Scheduler 77/100
  6. 6. Frontend View For Headless CMS 77/100
  7. 7. MediaBlaster 76/100
  8. 8. Better Section Navigation 73/100
  9. 9. Blog-in-Blog 72/100
  10. 10. Rich Table of Contents 71/100
  11. 11. List categories 69/100
  12. 12. Magento 2 WP Integration 67/100
  13. 13. G-Live CMS 60/100
  14. 14. Simple Post Type Permalinks 54/100
  15. 15. Hyyan WooCommerce Polylang Integration 54/100
1 White Label CMS
Best overall Free by Video User Manuals

White Label CMS

Customise dashboard panels and branding, hide menus plus lots more.

4.7★
from 113 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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2 List category posts
Free by Fernando Briano

List category posts

Very customizable plugin to list posts by category (or tag, author and more) in a post, page or widget. Uses the [catlist] shortcode to select posts.

4.7★
from 254 ratings
80k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
88

WPScore

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4 Admin Management Xtended
Free by wpseek

Admin Management Xtended

Adds AJAX-driven options to some admin management pages with CMS-known functions without having to open the edit screens.

4.6★
from 18 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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6 Frontend View For Headless CMS
Free by Dropndot Solutions

Frontend View For Headless CMS

Frontend View For Headless CMS links backend WordPress articles, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, and categories to the headless CMS site.

5★
from 5 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
77

WPScore

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7 MediaBlaster
Free by Rovidx Media, Inc.

MediaBlaster

Turn WordPress into a video CMS with HLS/DASH playback, Vimeo import, podcast RSS, live channels/EPG, and an app-ready REST API.

3.9★
from 14 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
76

WPScore

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8 Better Section Navigation
Free by cornershop

Better Section Navigation

Creates a new widget for listing section-based navigation -- essential for contextual navigation. Also implements a template function and a shortcode.

5★
from 4 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
73

WPScore

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9 Blog-in-Blog
Free by timhodson

Blog-in-Blog

This plugin shows posts from a category on any page you like using shortcodes. Create multiple blogs within a blog using a category.

5★
from 16 ratings
800+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
72

WPScore

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10 Rich Table of Contents
Free by Croover.inc

Rich Table of Contents

RTOC is a table of contents generation plugin from Japan that allows anyone to easily create a table of contents. Equipped with the functions of the c …

4.1★
from 17 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
71

WPScore

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11 List categories
Free by Fernando Briano

List categories

Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode.

4.5★
from 15 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
May 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
69

WPScore

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12 Magento 2 WP Integration
Free by Modern Minds

Magento 2 WP Integration

Combine Magento 2 with the CMS capabilities of WordPress. Seamless user experience for visitors by integrating the design of Magento and WordPress.

4.4★
from 7 ratings
90+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
67

WPScore

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