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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 27, 2026

Best Publish Plugins for WordPress

69 plugins are tagged “publish” 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 Publish To Apple News with 4K+ active installs.

Plugins in category69
#1 by installsPublish To Apple News
Top-30 installs11.9K+
Avg. health (this page)42/100

69 Publish plugins

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Best Publish Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Publish To Apple News Publish To Apple News Enables journalistic outlets already approved by Apple News to send content directly to the… by Alley 4K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (25) 2 months ago 63
2 Save with keyboard Save with keyboard Save everything in the most natural way by pressing Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on Mac). by Mattia Trapani 3K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (31) 8 years ago 45
3 Requirements Checklist Requirements Checklist Allows admins to require content to be entered before a page/post can be published. by dauidus 800+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (12) 11 years ago 38
4 WP Discord Post Plus – Supports Unlimited Channels WP Discord Post Plus – Supports Unlimited Channels WP Discord Post Plus integrates with WordPress and WooCommerce (if installed) to send your… by Md Yakub Mizan 700+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (11) 4 months ago 63
5 Publish View Publish View Adds a button so you can save Publish or save Draft and view in one step. by launchinteractive 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 9 years ago 34
6 Save and Close Save and Close Adds a Save and Close button to the admin post edit screen which allows you to return to… by lightbulbdigital 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (13) 13 years ago 38
7 Update from Bottom Update from Bottom Shows two extra buttons (Scroll to top and Publish/Update) in the bottom of the screen when… by urre 300+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 10 years ago 33
8 Auto Publish Drafts Auto Publish Drafts Automatically publish drafts every 5 minutes silently in the background. by Wong Siong Kiat 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 5 years ago 26
9 Micropub Micropub Allows you to publish to your site using Micropub clients. by IndieWeb 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 1 month ago 72
10 Bulk Post Status Update Bulk Post Status Update Automatically change the status of WordPress posts and custom post types to Draft or… by Chetan Vaghela 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 months ago 60
11 Save & Go Save & Go A modern "2-in-1" save button for the classic AND block editor: save the post and instantly… by Alisha Thomas 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (5) 1 week ago 85
12 Overwrite Author Name Overwrite Author Name Overwrite Author to a consistent name when publishing a post. by Justin Fletcher 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 2 years ago 33
13 Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub Publish markdown files present in a GitHub repository as posts to WordPress automatically by vaakash 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (7) 2 years ago 36
14 Force Post Category Selection Force Post Category Selection This is simple plugin which forces the users to select atleast one category from the list… by Jatinder Pal Singh 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (10) 12 years ago 36
15 Publish Confirm Message Publish Confirm Message An extra confirmation dialog for the Publish button to help prevent accidental publishing. by Arul Prasad J 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 9 months ago 47
16 Force Post Title Force Post Title This is simple plugin which forces the users to write POST title in Add New Post page. by Jatinder Pal Singh 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 12 years ago 32
17 Stealth Update Stealth Update Adds the ability to update a post without having WordPress automatically update the post's… by Scott Reilly 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (5) 10 years ago 37
18 Multi Site Post Publisher Multi Site Post Publisher Publish posts to multiple remote WordPress websites from a single dashboard using… by WP Plugin Pilot 80+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 4 months ago 53
19 Confirm Publishing Actions Confirm Publishing Actions Prompts a user to click a confirm button whenever he tries to submit, publish, update… by Peter J. Herrel 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 11 years ago 32
20 Print API Print API Verkoop je eigen boek of ontwerp met print-on-demand! Plaats eenvoudig producten uit je… by Print API 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 6 years ago 25
21 Silent Publish Silent Publish Adds the ability to publish a post without triggering pingbacks, trackbacks, or notifying… by Scott Reilly 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (1) 7 years ago 29
22 Published By Published By Track which user actually published a post, separate from who created the post. Display… by Scott Reilly 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 8 years ago 32
23 Article Forge Article Forge The Article Forge WP plugin provides a conducive environment for the writing and publishing… by borgboy 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 13 years ago 32
24 RA – New Post Auto Set Status "Private" RA – New Post Auto Set Status "Private" The status of the post exhibited directly from new post is compulsorily changed into… by skuramoto 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 11 years ago 25
25 Init Pulse For Discord – Webhooks, Roles, Instant Init Pulse For Discord – Webhooks, Roles, Instant Send WordPress post notifications to Discord via webhooks — role mentions, custom post… by Init HTML 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 2 weeks ago 75
26 Post Publish Email Notifier Post Publish Email Notifier When you "post", you can easily notify the registered email address via BCC. by Zendesignjp 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 4 months ago 59
27 force-publish-schedule force-publish-schedule Sometime we want to publish schedule post. We make a post like event, we need to publish… by saturngod 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 17 years ago 31
28 WP Issuu Viewer WP Issuu Viewer Uses the api from www.issuu.com to display your files by jocken 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 16 years ago 24
29 Require Post Tags Require Post Tags Require users to add at least one post tag before saving a draft, updating a post, or… by Josh Hartman 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 9 years ago 31
30 Featured Image Reminder Featured Image Reminder Featured Image Reminder will display a confirmation dialog box if you press the Publish… by Aaron Hockley 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 10 years ago 31

Top Publish plugins, head to head

All comparisons →
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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

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FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

What is the most popular publish plugin for WordPress?

Publish To Apple News is the most popular publish plugin with 4K+ active installs and a 3.8/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many publish plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 69 plugins tagged “publish” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which publish plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Save with keyboard has the highest rating at 5/5 from 31 reviews.

Are these publish plugins actively maintained?

2 of the top 30 publish 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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