PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail climbed 37,649 places, the sharpest rise of the week. 1,076 plugins were published, and 70,743 had a snapshot at both ends of 11 Oct – 18 Oct 2026.
The week in numbers
76,907
Plugins tracked
407.4M
Combined installs
1,076
New this week
-0.12%
Install growth
Growth is measured across the 70,743 plugins holding 376.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail | #14,833 | ▲ 37,649 | 132 |
| ReportedIP Hive: Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA and Anti-Spam | #14,996 | ▲ 36,148 | 127 |
| Kanbanz | #12,341 | ▲ 34,526 | 200 |
| ReviewPine: Google Reviews Widget | #15,507 | ▲ 29,548 | 112 |
| WP All Import – User Import Add-On | #6,272 | ▲ 4,477 | 1K |
| DevDome Country Blocker: Geo Blocking, GeoIP Block | #13,084 | ▲ 3,780 | 197 |
| Lloyd Gallery – Photo Galleries | #13,395 | ▲ 3,581 | 189 |
| Jetpack Stats | #9,792 | ▲ 3,081 | 400 |
Breakout growth
Established plugins — 1,000 installs or more a week ago — adding users fastest.
| Plugin | Installs | Growth | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents | 80.6K | +30.5% | #536 |
| WP All Export – User Export Add-On | 3K | +18.1% | #4,180 |
| WPWriter – Manage WordPress from ChatGPT or Claude | 5.6K | +14.1% | #3,051 |
| Easy MCP AI – Connect Claude to WordPress: MCP Server for ChatGPT & AI Agents | 21.9K | +13.2% | #1,309 |
| Secure MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI Agents | 6.5K | +12.5% | #2,818 |
| MCP Adapter | 53.2K | +11.4% | #762 |
Rising stars
Small plugins — under 5,000 installs — climbing hardest. This is where next year’s big names are hiding.
| Plugin | Installs | Moved | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail | 132 | ▲ 37,649 | #14,833 |
| ReportedIP Hive: Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA and Anti-Spam | 127 | ▲ 36,148 | #14,996 |
| Kanbanz | 200 | ▲ 34,526 | #12,341 |
| ReviewPine: Google Reviews Widget | 112 | ▲ 29,548 | #15,507 |
| Frozzer – Disable Updates & Update Control | 45 | ▲ 29,310 | #22,774 |
Just published
New to WordPress.org this week.
- RunCache – Full-Page, Object, and Edge Caching — The free WordPress caching plugin: server-level full page cache on NGINX, Apache or LiteSpeed, plus Redis object cache a…
- Fusion Pay by tbi bank
- RightBlogger – AI SEO Agent & Autoblogging — Publish AI-written posts to WordPress, then let Site Agent keep them ranking with internal links, meta fixes and freshne…
- OrderGuard — Stop risky uncollected orders and serial returners before you ship.
- Unstoppable Site Connector
- Besteron Payment Gateway — Accept Besteron online payments in WooCommerce with server-side transaction verification and HPOS support.
Losing ground
Down the most this week. Worth a look if you rely on any of them.
| Plugin | Rank | Moved | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ShareLite: Zero-Bloat Social Sharing | #13,498 | ▼ 2,952 | 200 |
| Scheduled Posts Issue Fixer | #15,051 | ▼ 2,254 | 126 |
| onOffice for WP-Websites | #7,222 | ▼ 2,107 | 902 |
| Phrase TMS Integration for WordPress | #12,422 | ▼ 1,867 | 231 |
| Simple Share Buttons | #14,566 | ▼ 1,753 | 140 |
Rating swings
Ratings that moved by 0.2 stars or more.
| Plugin | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce | 4.2★ | -0.2 |
