UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation climbed 38,082 places, the sharpest rise of the week. 517 plugins were published, and 68,986 had a snapshot at both ends of 9 Aug – 16 Aug 2026.
The week in numbers
70,050
Plugins tracked
415.1M
Combined installs
517
New this week
-0.16%
Install growth
Growth is measured across the 68,986 plugins holding 400.6M installs that have a snapshot at both ends of the week.
Biggest climbers
The sharpest rises in the popularity ranking over seven days.
| Plugin | Rank | Moved | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation | #13,529 | ▲ 38,082 | 182 |
| Spambargo: Anti-Spam for Forms & Comments | #14,991 | ▲ 28,608 | 141 |
| BellePopups | #15,556 | ▲ 27,333 | 125 |
| Sense Forms | #15,373 | ▲ 9,683 | 130 |
| Site Assets | #9,709 | ▲ 8,249 | 426 |
| Secure MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI providers | #13,590 | ▲ 4,791 | 181 |
| Ultima Ads for Publishers | #15,863 | ▲ 3,928 | 116 |
| Kernel Video Sharing Integration | #13,333 | ▲ 3,852 | 188 |
Breakout growth
Established plugins — 1,000 installs or more a week ago — adding users fastest.
| Plugin | Installs | Growth | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| ThinkRank – AI SEO Plugin: Keywords, Metadata, Schema, llms.txt, MCP & Search Console | 6.3K | +49.6% | #2,906 |
| Logo Showcase – Logo Slider, Carousel & Sponsors Gallery | 1.5K | +48.8% | #6,985 |
| Type Attribute Warnings Removal | 1.5K | +46.9% | #6,964 |
| Mouse cursor customizer | 1.5K | +46.1% | #6,981 |
| SureCookie – Cookie Consent Banner, Cookie Scanner & Script Blocking | 23.8K | +36.8% | #1,303 |
| ShareMyPost | 6.9K | +33.2% | #2,733 |
Rising stars
Small plugins — under 5,000 installs — climbing hardest. This is where next year’s big names are hiding.
| Plugin | Installs | Moved | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation | 182 | ▲ 38,082 | #13,529 |
| Spambargo: Anti-Spam for Forms & Comments | 141 | ▲ 28,608 | #14,991 |
| BellePopups | 125 | ▲ 27,333 | #15,556 |
| VertiFeed – Vertical Media Gallery | 93 | ▲ 27,084 | #16,854 |
| VovaBlocks – Marketing & Content Blocks for Gutenberg | 57 | ▲ 23,444 | #19,571 |
Just published
New to WordPress.org this week.
- Local Wiz
- Bit CRM: Leads, Contacts, Deals & Invoices — WordPress CRM to manage contacts, leads, deals, and invoices and run your whole sales pipeline right from your WordPress…
- Batch REST Guard — Block wp2shell REST batch attacks (CVE-2026-63030). Detect fake admins and backdoor plugins. Extra security for hacked s…
- EDZNET Honeypot & Timing Guard — Adds a hidden honeypot field, a minimum-submit-time check, and content gibberish detection to every Contact Form 7 form….
- beehiiv — Publish WordPress posts as newsletters, grow your email subscriber lists, add signup forms, and send email marketing to…
- DadsFam SMTP
Losing ground
Down the most this week. Worth a look if you rely on any of them.
| Plugin | Rank | Moved | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirigible SEO | #17,813 | ▼ 1,718 | 76 |
| Cyrillic Permalinks | #11,643 | ▼ 1,710 | 270 |
| Random Post for Widget | #6,219 | ▼ 1,266 | 1.3K |
| Fuerte-WP | WordPress Security, Auto-Updates and Admin Control | #15,962 | ▼ 1,104 | 113 |
| AFB – Auto Form Builder with AI, Contact & Conversational Forms | #14,300 | ▼ 955 | 160 |
Rating swings
Ratings that moved by 0.2 stars or more.
