PopupRoulette climbed 26,886 places, the sharpest rise of the week. 801 plugins were published, and 69,924 had a snapshot at both ends of 20 Sep – 27 Sep 2026.
The week in numbers
74,199
Plugins tracked
408M
Combined installs
801
New this week
+0.2%
Install growth
Growth is measured across the 69,924 plugins holding 383.8M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PopupRoulette | #15,265 | ▲ 26,886 | 100 |
| Hide WP | #5,350 | ▲ 10,103 | 1.9K |
| DevDome Malware Scanner: Virus Scanner, Malware Removal & Quarantine | #16,040 | ▲ 8,471 | 100 |
| InstaMigrate | #11,382 | ▲ 8,232 | 282 |
| DevDome Affiliate Manager: Amazon Affiliate Links & Amazon Associates | #14,805 | ▲ 6,471 | 100 |
| Click To Email – Chat Bubble & Mail Button for WP | #16,273 | ▲ 5,414 | 100 |
| DevDome Link Monitor: Broken Link Checker, Dead Links & 404 Monitor | #14,144 | ▲ 5,039 | 100 |
| Click To Dial – Wp Click To Call Support | #15,803 | ▲ 4,462 | 100 |
Breakout growth
Established plugins — 1,000 installs or more a week ago — adding users fastest.
| Plugin | Installs | Growth | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce | 11.2K | +55.6% | #2,095 |
| xSpeed Cache: AI-Powered Performance Hub with MCP, Caching & CDN | 8.4K | +39.7% | #2,424 |
| Sigmize: A/B Testing, Session Recordings, Heatmaps & Revenue Tracking for WooCommerce, SureCart & EDD | 3.6K | +38.1% | #3,863 |
| BeyondSEO – AI SEO to Improve Rankings, Listings & Online Visibility | 13.3K | +32.1% | #1,932 |
| Secure MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI providers | 4.4K | +22.3% | #3,470 |
| Disable Application Passwords | 3.2K | +21% | #4,134 |
Rising stars
Small plugins — under 5,000 installs — climbing hardest. This is where next year’s big names are hiding.
| Plugin | Installs | Moved | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| WorkMore Media Folders | 60 | ▲ 32,285 | #19,389 |
| ETBS Account Guard | 47 | ▲ 31,154 | #20,874 |
| PlexBlocks – Business Hours for Block Editor | 32 | ▲ 30,105 | #21,367 |
| Vulnerability Monitor for the EU Cyber Resilience Act | 30 | ▲ 28,894 | #23,235 |
| Delete & Disable Comments | 60 | ▲ 28,326 | #18,965 |
Just published
New to WordPress.org this week.
- MJDD Sidrena Cijena — MJDD plugin for Croatian sidrena (base/anchor) prices: WooCommerce products, or a standalone public pricelist without Wo…
- DevDome Admin Cleaner: Admin Bar, Admin Menu & Dashboard Cleanup — Hide admin notices, remove dashboard widgets and simplify your toolbar. Admin cleaner with a notice inbox, snooze and Cl…
- ambera Theme Builder
- FGX Ad — Cookie preferences
- Biskoui — WordPress plugin for Biskoui, the Swiss consent management platform.
- GemFind Ring Builder
Losing ground
Down the most this week. Worth a look if you rely on any of them.
| Plugin | Rank | Moved | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAM Extension for MainWP | #14,758 | ▼ 2,296 | 100 |
| Cat Generator Avatars | #15,893 | ▼ 2,287 | 100 |
| Jooosi Icon – Modern SVG icon library for WordPress | #13,071 | ▼ 1,610 | 191 |
| APG Google Video Sitemap Feed | #9,156 | ▼ 1,484 | 417 |
| APG Google Image Sitemap Feed | #8,654 | ▼ 1,370 | 569 |
