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Best WordPress Plugins for Customisation

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Customisation

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for customisation 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. Login & Register Forms Best overall 88/100
  2. 2. WP Popular Posts 87/100
  3. 3. Exclusive Addons for Elementor 87/100
  4. 4. Ajax Load More 87/100
  5. 5. To Top 86/100
  6. 6. Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner 86/100
  7. 7. Music Player for Elementor 85/100
  8. 8. Participants Database 85/100
  9. 9. WP Responsive Menu 84/100
  10. 10. Visual Link Preview 83/100
  11. 11. Hester Core 83/100
  12. 12. WP Photo Album Plus 83/100
  13. 13. Essential Widgets 83/100
  14. 14. Responsive Owl Carousel for Elementor 83/100
  15. 15. WP Reading Progress 83/100
1 Login & Register Forms
Best overall Free by xootix

Login & Register Forms

Give your WordPress or WooCommerce website a modern login experience with beautiful, fast, and fully customizable forms.

4.8★
from 254 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
88

WPScore

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3 Exclusive Addons for Elementor
Free by Tim Strifler

Exclusive Addons for Elementor

Exclusive Addons is one of the Best Elementor Addons With 90+ Elementor Free & Pro Widgets with all the customizations options you ever imagined.

4.7★
from 47 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
87

WPScore

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4 Ajax Load More
Free by Darren Cooney

Ajax Load More

Add infinite scroll, lazy loading, and load more buttons to posts, pages, and WooCommerce products — fast and fully customizable for WordPress.

4.8★
from 287 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
87

WPScore

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5 To Top
Free by Catch Themes

To Top

To Top is a nifty lightweight plugin. It adds a highly customizable button, which when clicked, scrolls up smoothly to the top of a page.

4.9★
from 54 ratings
60k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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7 Music Player for Elementor
Free by smartwpress

Music Player for Elementor

Audio Player for Elementor – the go-to plugin for adding MP3s, podcasts & playlists. Fully customizable, WooCommerce-ready, and mobile-friendly.

4.7★
from 120 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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8 Participants Database
Free by Roland Barker

Participants Database

Build and maintain a fully customizable database of participants, members or anything with signup forms, admin backend, custom lists, and CSV support.

4.9★
from 320 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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9 WP Responsive Menu
Free by Nirmal Kumar Ram

WP Responsive Menu

WP Responsive Menu turns your WordPress menu to a highly customizable sliding responsive menu.

4.3★
from 100 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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11 Hester Core
Free by peregrinethemes

Hester Core

The official companion plugin for Peregrine Themes. Adds widgets, customization options, Elementor widgets, and demo import features.

3★
from 1 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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12 WP Photo Album Plus
Free by Jacob N. Breetvelt

WP Photo Album Plus

This plugin is more than just a photo album plugin, it is a complete, highly customizable multimedia cms and display system.

4.7★
from 199 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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13 Essential Widgets
Free by Catch Themes

Essential Widgets

Essential Widgets is a WordPress plugin for widgets that allows you to create and add amazing widgets with high customization option

3.5★
from 2 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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15 WP Reading Progress
Free by Joeri van Veen

WP Reading Progress

Light weight fully customizable reading progress bar. Sticks to top, bottom or sticky menu, with fallback for small screens. Includes ert (beta).

5★
from 19 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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