Unstale – Refresh Old Posts with AI, Fact-Check & Republish climbed 28,780 places, the sharpest rise of the week. 770 plugins were published, and 70,021 had a snapshot at both ends of 13 Sep – 20 Sep 2026.
The week in numbers
73,413
Plugins tracked
407.2M
Combined installs
770
New this week
-0.12%
Install growth
Growth is measured across the 70,021 plugins holding 350.7M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unstale – Refresh Old Posts with AI, Fact-Check & Republish | #13,565 | ▲ 28,780 | 180 |
| AI Summarizer | #15,946 | ▲ 25,254 | 112 |
| Easy Accessibility | #12,299 | ▲ 12,223 | 231 |
| CMS ADMINS Security Check Report | #13,248 | ▲ 12,196 | 189 |
| Mortar for Bricks Builder | #15,058 | ▲ 8,837 | 133 |
| Update Brief for MainWP | #14,142 | ▲ 5,185 | 163 |
| Social Post Embed | #9,669 | ▲ 4,261 | 400 |
| Wp Tic-Tac-Toe | #14,199 | ▲ 4,217 | 162 |
Breakout growth
Established plugins — 1,000 installs or more a week ago — adding users fastest.
Rising stars
Small plugins — under 5,000 installs — climbing hardest. This is where next year’s big names are hiding.
| Plugin | Installs | Moved | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticket Status Sync for FluentSupport to MainWP | 90 | ▲ 33,853 | #17,025 |
| Unstale – Refresh Old Posts with AI, Fact-Check & Republish | 180 | ▲ 28,780 | #13,565 |
| Auto Backup Before Update | 20 | ▲ 26,606 | #25,503 |
| SEO & AI Readiness Check | 30 | ▲ 25,932 | #23,199 |
| Arrow Publisher for Business Pages | 55 | ▲ 25,673 | #20,206 |
Just published
New to WordPress.org this week.
- NEX-Forms ADD ON – GetRepsonse
- Mad Cow Owner Update Notifications for MainWP — Send owner notification emails to your MainWP child site owners with one click. Batch send, per-site email storage, cust…
- Arrow Design Post Publisher for X — Auto post WordPress content to X (formerly Twitter), publish existing posts, or schedule posts for later from your WordP…
- TwoTen Inline Canvas for ACF Blocks — Restores the non-iframed block editor canvas on WordPress 7.1+ so ACF PRO blocks render their field forms inline in the…
- Web To Print Shop : uDraw Designer
- DadsFam Login Security — Stop brute-force attacks dead. Smart login lockouts, IP rules, a full activity log and WordPress hardening — in plain En…
Losing ground
Down the most this week. Worth a look if you rely on any of them.
| Plugin | Rank | Moved | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclaimify – Affiliate Disclosure / Disclaimer for WordPress | #9,768 | ▼ 3,104 | 400 |
| NHS Blocks | #9,777 | ▼ 2,473 | 400 |
| Nelio Popups | #9,689 | ▼ 2,463 | 400 |
| Checkout Countdown for WooCommerce – Boost Conversions & Reduce Cart Abandonment | #6,784 | ▼ 2,304 | 1.1K |
| Scheduled Posts Issue Fixer | #12,518 | ▼ 1,598 | 219 |
