Top Songs
Plugin to show top songs – admin can set it to widget area, set its title and number of songs and some special display options. Simple stand-alone widget displaying daily top songs via ajax script (that is cached for 2…
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Top Songs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 13 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 12 years
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Top Songs stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| artists | >100 |
| charts | >100 |
| music | >100 |
| songs | >100 |
| top songs | #32 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Top Songs
From the official readme · v1.0.0Description
Plugin to show top songs – admin can set it to widget area, set its title and number of songs and some special display options.
Simple stand-alone widget displaying daily top songs via ajax script (that is cached for 2 hours after loading data) from external source (check external source section). There are some display customization options like number of displayed songs, song images display and link to songs option (default: false)
** External source **
External source page External source URL: http://www.mytopnewsongs.com is owned by Tomaz Miholic and it’s not in privacy policy conflict with the website privacy. External source is necessary part of this plugin because the data is coming from this source.
Please not that if image display option is enabled that this can have impact on your wordpress website loading time, because images are loaded from external source from four different subdomains (External source domain: mytopnewsongs.com, subdomains: imga,imgb,imgc,imgd).
In next upgrade it’s planned to add the categories (music genres) so user can select most appropriate genre for his blog/music style.
Arbitrary section 1
Installation
- Download the zip folder named top-songs.zip
- Unzip the folder and put it in the plugins directory of your wordpress installation. (wp-content/plugins).
- Activate the plugin through the plugin window in the admin panel.
- Go to Widgets to set it to widget area (best option is side area).
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FAQ
Top Songs: quick answers
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Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is Top Songs free?
Yes. Top Songs is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Top Songs safe to use in 2026?
Top Songs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 13 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Top Songs?
Top Songs is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,916 times since it launched in November 2013. It was downloaded 67 times in the last 30 days.
When was Top Songs last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on November 20, 2013 (13 years ago).
Who makes Top Songs?
Top Songs is developed and maintained by brainwithstorm.
What are the best alternatives to Top Songs?
The most popular alternatives to Top Songs are Images to Posts (70+ installs), Exly WP (30+ installs) and ArtPal (20+ installs).
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