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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 28, 2026

Best Frontend Plugins for WordPress

94 plugins are tagged “frontend” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is My WP Customize Admin/Frontend with 8K+ active installs.

Plugins in category94
#1 by installsMy WP Customize Admin…
Top-30 installs15.1K+
Avg. health (this page)39/100

94 Frontend plugins

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Best Frontend Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 My WP Customize Admin/Frontend My WP Customize Admin/Frontend Simply and easy-to-use the customize for Admin and Frontend. A lot of custom filters and… by gqevu6bsiz 8K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (16) 1 month ago 77
2 UsersWP – ReCaptcha UsersWP – ReCaptcha ReCaptcha addon for UsersWP. by Stiofan 3K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2) 7 days ago 77
3 Hide Title Hide Title Allows admin to hide the title tag on single pages and posts. by Jitendra Banjara 900+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (2) 9 years ago 28
4 Archive Posts Sort Customize Archive Posts Sort Customize Customize the display order of the list of Archive Posts. by gqevu6bsiz 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (14) 11 years ago 39
5 Checklist Checklist Turn any list in your blog to a beautiful interactive checklist. Print, Use, Share… by checklistcom 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (7) 7 years ago 35
6 Gravity Forms: Post Updates Gravity Forms: Post Updates Allows you to use Gravity Forms to update any post on the front end. by Jupitercow 300+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (13) 11 years ago 36
7 Media Playback Speed Media Playback Speed Add speed controls to audio and video hosted from your WordPress blog. by LewisCowles 300+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (9) 4 years ago 38
8 Tailor Page Builder Tailor Page Builder Build beautiful layouts for your content faster and easier than ever before using your… by Andrew Worsfold 300+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (53) 9 years ago 42
9 Disable Version Caching – Khanakia Disable Version Caching – Khanakia Updates the assets version of all CSS and JS files. Shows the latest changes on the site… by mrkhanakia 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 6 years ago 33
10 Advanced Settings 3 Advanced Settings 3 Adds settings that you might expect to find in the WordPress core. by Helmut Wandl 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (7) 2 months ago 68
11 BuddyForms Advanced Custom Fields BuddyForms Advanced Custom Fields Add BuddyForms frontend forms that map to field groups created with the Advanced Custom… by Themekraft 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 (4) 8 months ago 42
12 DJD Site Post DJD Site Post Write and edit a post at the front end without leaving your site. Supports guest posts. by djarzyna 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (20) 13 years ago 42
13 Flexible Frontend Login Flexible Frontend Login Easily place a link to a Login Form Popup at any place of your site. Saves a lot of screen… by palatino 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (14) 13 years ago 35
14 FV Thoughtful Comments FV Thoughtful Comments FV Thoughtful Comments adds front end comment moderation including sophisticated banning… by FolioVision 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 2 years ago 35
15 Tailor Page Builder: Advanced Features Tailor Page Builder: Advanced Features Adds new features and functionality to the Tailor page builder. by Andrew Worsfold 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 10 years ago 32
16 Dokan Product Duplicator Dokan Product Duplicator Duplicate other sellers product to your store on Dokan marketplace. by weDevs 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 9 years ago 32
17 CodeablePress: Simple Frontend Profile Picture Upload CodeablePress: Simple Frontend Profile Picture Upload A simple, lightweight, and secure way for users to upload profile pictures directly from… by codeablepress 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 9 months ago 40
18 Frontend File Upload Frontend File Upload Allows users to upload files directly in WordPress Database from frontend. by Muneeb 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 1 month ago 71
19 One Click Delete Page and Post One Click Delete Page and Post Adds a "Delete" item to the frontend admin bar next to the Edit link. by Magnathorax 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 months ago 53
20 WooCommerce Frontend Shop Manager – Free Version WooCommerce Frontend Shop Manager – Free Version The ultimate tool for managing WooCommerce shops, right at the frontend, featuring live… by dzeriho 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (4) 11 years ago 29
21 Frontier Buttons Frontier Buttons Full control of your WP editor toolbars. Adds Table, Search/Replace, Preview & Code sample… by finnj 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 6 years ago 31
22 Quick Admin Links Quick Admin Links Widget to add useful admin links on every page, allowing you to add new posts/pages, edit… by Mark Barnes 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 18 years ago 24
23 CiviCRM Event List CiviCRM Event List Show all your Events managed with CiviCRM in your frontend. by orcasdev 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 9 years ago 24
24 Post From Site Post From Site Write a post without leaving your site! by Kelly Choyce-Dwan 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 2 (1) 15 years ago 22
25 Eonet Frontend Publisher Eonet Frontend Publisher Create and Edit any WordPress post type, easily with Eonet. Manage permissions as well. by Alkaweb 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 9 years ago 31
26 Frontend HTTP Auth Protection Frontend HTTP Auth Protection Frontend HTTP Authentication Protection makes private front part of your website. When web… by Prashant Baldha 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 10 years ago 31
27 Frontend User Avatar Frontend User Avatar Effortlessly manage and display your user profile avatar from the frontend by Albert Tarres 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 33
28 Front-end Category Management Front-end Category Management A handy and simple plugin for creating/editing categories/terms and sub-categories on the… by Manish Kumar Agarwal 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 12 years ago 31
29 Admin Menu in Frontend Admin Menu in Frontend Admin Menu in Frontend allows you to show admin menu when viewing site. by Kostya Tereshchuk 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3) 9 years ago 30
30 CSS-JS-Booster CSS-JS-Booster CSS-JS-Booster automates performance optimizing steps related to CSS, Media and Javascript… by Schepp 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 16 years ago 24

Top Frontend plugins, head to head

All comparisons →
My WP Customize Admin/FrontendMy WP Customize Admin… vs UsersWP – ReCaptchaUsersWP – ReCaptcha My WP Customize Admin/FrontendMy WP Customize Admin… vs Hide TitleHide Title My WP Customize Admin/FrontendMy WP Customize Admin… vs Archive Posts Sort CustomizeArchive Posts Sort Cu… UsersWP – ReCaptchaUsersWP – ReCaptcha vs Hide TitleHide Title UsersWP – ReCaptchaUsersWP – ReCaptcha vs Archive Posts Sort CustomizeArchive Posts Sort Cu… Hide TitleHide Title vs Archive Posts Sort CustomizeArchive Posts Sort Cu…

How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 11.9Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.5KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.6Kgutenberg 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Kelementor 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kperformance 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kslider 1.1Ke-commerce 1.1Kcontact form 1Kspam 1Kchatbot 1Ksearch 993links 977

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026

What is the most popular frontend plugin for WordPress?

My WP Customize Admin/Frontend is the most popular frontend plugin with 8K+ active installs and a 4.3/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many frontend plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 94 plugins tagged “frontend” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which frontend plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, DJD Site Post has the highest rating at 4.9/5 from 20 reviews.

Are these frontend plugins actively maintained?

1 of the top 30 frontend plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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