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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Homepage

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Homepage

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for homepage 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. Redirect 404 to Homepage Best overall 86/100
  2. 2. All 404 Redirect to Homepage 84/100
  3. 3. Desert Companion 84/100
  4. 4. Arile Extra 84/100
  5. 5. WP Hide Post 82/100
  6. 6. WPFrank Companion 80/100
  7. 7. Specia Companion 79/100
  8. 8. Homepage Helden Contact Info 77/100
  9. 9. Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage or Custom Page with Logs 73/100
  10. 10. A WP Life Companion 73/100
  11. 11. Arile Super 70/100
  12. 12. PRyC WP: 404 to Homepage 301 redirect 68/100
  13. 13. SX No Homepage Pagination 67/100
  14. 14. Bunny Companion 61/100
  15. 15. Different Home for Logged IN & Logged OUT 61/100
2 All 404 Redirect to Homepage
Free by wp-buy

All 404 Redirect to Homepage

Using this plugin, you can fix all 404 error links by redirecting them to homepage using the SEO 301 redirection. Improve your SEO rank & pages speed

4.1★
from 96 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
84

WPScore

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4 Arile Extra
Free by Theme Arile

Arile Extra

Arile Extra is a companion plugin for ArileWP WordPress theme by ThemeArile.

5★
from 2 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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5 WP Hide Post
Free by Xfinitysoft

WP Hide Post

Want to hide WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and WooCommerce products from the homepage, archives, search, RSS, and REST API? Check out WP …

5★
from 5 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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14 Bunny Companion
Free by bunnythemes

Bunny Companion

This is a plugin created for Bunny themes. This plugin provides additional frontpage sections for Bunny Themes.

300+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
61

WPScore

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