15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Popular
Choosing a WordPress plugin for popular 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
A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!
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Track post views and page views, and display popular posts and trending content on your WordPress site.
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Data privacy conform widget for list popular content (pages, posts, custom post types) – based on Statify plugin.
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Display your WordPress blog statistics. Ranging from general total statistics, some of my plugins statistics and top 10 statistics.
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Build your audience with great related and popular recommendations. Let readers follow topics. Editorial control and machine learning.
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Instantly populate your WP Job Manager database using RSS job feeds from the most popular job sites or load XML/JSON files (premium only).
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Showcase your most popular WooCommerce products anywhere with a Gutenberg block – responsive layouts, query filters, and universal shortcodes.
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Add related, featured, latest, and popular posts to your WordPress website. Connect your blog readers with a relevant content.
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Popular Posts will display the posts according to the filters applied from widget settings.
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This plugin modifies the output of the popular Contact Form 7 plugin to be styled in compliance with themes using the Bootstrap CSS framework.
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WP Most Popular is a simple plugin which tracks your most popular blog posts based on views and lets you display them in your theme or blog sidebar.
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Plugin counts posts views (hits) by using external AJAX based counter script of this plugin, which is best solution for caching whole page or using ot …
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Easy Social Sharing provides you with an easy way to display various popular social share buttons.
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Popular Posts displays a list of your blog's most-viewed posts. The output can be customised in many ways.
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Display the most commented or most viewed posts in a tabbed widget, filter the post by date range or by category. It also includes a tags tab.
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