Best Workflow WordPress Plugins (September 2026)

Best Workflow Plugins for WordPress
Rank	Plugin	Active installs	Rating	Updated	Health
1	Zapier for WordPress Zapier saves you time on tedious tasks by moving info between WordPress and your other… by Zapier	50K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 2.2 (72)	1 year ago	37
2	Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation Integrate your WordPress plugins with your business applications and automate workflows… by Zoho Flow	5K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (13)	4 months ago	69
3	Edit Flow Redefining your editorial workflow. by Automattic	4K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (50)	1 month ago	81
4	LH Archived Post Status Allows posts and pages to be archived so you can remove content from the main loop and feed… by shawfactor	3K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (18)	2 years ago	28
5	Peter’s Post Notes Add notes to the "edit post" and "edit page" sidebars. Collaborators can also share notes… by Peter	3K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (26)	6 years ago	45
6	PublishPress Statuses – Custom Post Status and Workflow The PublishPress Statuses plugin allows you to create additional statuses for your posts… by PublishPress	1K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	3 weeks ago	77
7	Gravity Forms Approvals Add-On Add simple approval workflow processes to your Gravity Forms. by Rocketgenius	800+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (8)	3 years ago	37
8	Oasis Workflow Automate your WordPress Editorial Workflow with Oasis Workflow. Simple, intuitive drag and… by nuggetsol	600+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (51)	5 days ago	75
9	Editorial Workflow Manager Editorial checklist and pre-publish workflow for the WordPress editor. Create reusable… by vzisis	200+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	1 week ago	69
10	Mortar for Bricks Builder A cleaner, faster workflow for Bricks Builder. BEM classes, CSS recipes, smart values and… by Samir Haddad	200+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3)	6 days ago	80
11	Pending Status Get notified when your site has posts pending review. by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	4 months ago	60
12	Rino's Toolkit for Elementor A collection of small workflow improvements for the Elementor editor. Each feature can be… by Rino de Boer	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	1 month ago	66
13	Admin Posts Navigation Navigate between posts and pages without returning to the post list. Works with Classic… by The Website Factory	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	2 weeks ago	75
14	BU Versions Make and save edits to published posts/pages in WordPress without immediately replacing the… by BU Web Team	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (6)	10 years ago	37
15	Meow Workflow – AI Agents & No-Code Automation for WordPress Visual, no-code automation for WordPress. Draw flows on a canvas, wire your plugins and AI… by Jordy Meow	90+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	2 weeks ago	79
16	AI Workflow Automation Build AI agents, chatbots, and content workflows in WordPress with a visual, no-code… by massiveshift	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (4)	2 days ago	72
17	BMLT-Workflow This plugin was developed for NA Australian Region to support automation of meeting… by nigelbmlt	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (2)	2 weeks ago	57
18	Fabrica Dashboard Replaces the default Dashboard widgets to provide a much better overview of your site's… by Yes We Work	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	2 years ago	35
19	Content Approval Workflow Enhance collaboration with this plugin. Easily assign reviewers, track status, and get… by Qrolic Technologies	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	2 years ago	35
20	Approval Workflow Approval Workflow is meant to create a workflow process in WordPress. This plugin adds a… by ericjuden	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	14 years ago	25
21	Quick Edit Notes Add internal notes to posts and pages directly from the Quick Edit interface and block… by Gilkey Group	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 years ago	28
22	Zypento Mailchimp Integration Create/delete Mailchimp audiences, Display Mailchimp subscription form. by sproutient	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	1 year ago	27
23	WP Unpublish WP Unpublish adds a post status "Unpublished" to your WordPress Posts (Classic Editor). by Alexandre Froger	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	7 years ago	24
24	Command Palette Bring the power of text editor command palette to WordPress Admin. by Tung Du	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	5 years ago	24
25	Joinotify Automate WhatsApp notifications with a visual drag-and-drop workflow builder, connected to… by MeuMouse.com	30+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 weeks ago	67
26	Drafts of Post Revisions Create drafts of WordPress posts/pages/CPTs even after they've been published by daxitude	30+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (7)	13 years ago	36
27	Uplink Unified Ops Center Centralize WordPress, Bricks, and Etch admin workflows with searchable content, media… by Stephen Walker	20+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	3 days ago	67
28	Nodest – Workflow Automation and MCP Automation and MCP for your WordPress site. Connect WooCommerce, forms and memberships to… by Nodest	20+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3)	2 weeks ago	69
29	REDSHAPE Easy Labels Organize content with colored labels, notes, and dashboard widgets with 5 visualization… by REDSHAPE	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	7 months ago	45
30	Deploy Trigger for GitHub Trigger GitHub Actions workflows from WordPress when content changes. Perfect for headless… by Facundo	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	1 year ago	32

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How we rank

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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

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

What is the most popular workflow plugin for WordPress?

Zapier for WordPress is the most popular workflow plugin with 50K+ active installs and a 2.2/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many workflow plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 91 plugins tagged “workflow” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which workflow plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Peter’s Post Notes has the highest rating at 4.9/5 from 26 reviews.

Are these workflow plugins actively maintained?

11 of the top 30 workflow 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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