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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Genesiswp

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Genesiswp

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for genesiswp 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. Genesis eNews Extended Best overall 86/100
  2. 2. Genesis Simple Hooks 83/100
  3. 3. Genesis Simple Sidebars 83/100
  4. 4. Genesis Connect for WooCommerce 82/100
  5. 5. Genesis Simple Menus 81/100
  6. 6. SEO Data Transporter 80/100
  7. 7. Genesis Beta Tester 76/100
  8. 8. Genesis Columns Advanced 58/100
  9. 9. Genesis Featured Page Advanced 58/100
  10. 10. Genesis Featured Widget Amplified 52/100
  11. 11. Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget 51/100
  12. 12. Genesis Footer Builder 50/100
  13. 13. Genesis Visual Hook Guide 50/100
  14. 14. Genesis Shortcodes 48/100
  15. 15. Easy Genesis 48/100
1 Genesis eNews Extended
Best overall Free by Brandon Kraft

Genesis eNews Extended

Genesis widget to add newsletter signup forms for MailChimp, AWeber, FeedBlitz, ConvertKit, and other mailing lists.

4.7★
from 28 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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2 Genesis Simple Hooks
Free by Nathan Rice

Genesis Simple Hooks

This plugin creates a new Genesis settings page that allows you to insert code (HTML, Shortcodes, and PHP), and attach it to any of the 50+ action hoo …

4.6★
from 22 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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3 Genesis Simple Sidebars
Free by StudioPress

Genesis Simple Sidebars

This plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework on a …

4.4★
from 27 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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5 Genesis Simple Menus
Free by StudioPress

Genesis Simple Menus

With Genesis, Simple Menus allows you to select a WP menu for secondary navigation on posts, pages, categories, tags or custom taxonomies.

4.8★
from 11 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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7 Genesis Beta Tester
Free by StudioPress

Genesis Beta Tester

This plugin lets you one-click update to the latest Genesis release, even if it's still in beta.

5★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
76

WPScore

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12 Genesis Footer Builder
Free by Shivanand Sharma

Genesis Footer Builder

Genesis Footer Builder allows you to customize the site footer just as you want. This plugin exclusively works with Genesis framework.

4.8★
from 5 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2019
Tested to
WP 5.2.26
50

WPScore

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13 Genesis Visual Hook Guide
Free by Christopher Cochran

Genesis Visual Hook Guide

Find Genesis hooks (action and filter hooks) quick and easily by seeing their actual locations inside your theme.

4.7★
from 30 ratings
700+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2017
Tested to
WP 4.7.35
50

WPScore

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15 Easy Genesis
Free by Doug Yuen

Easy Genesis

Easily make many customizations and setting changes to your Genesis-powered site, without having to write custom code.

5★
from 6 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2016
Tested to
WP 4.4.34
48

WPScore

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