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Fastest Growing WordPress Plugins Right Now: 0 Gaining Install Momentum This Month
0 plugins · 0 combined installs
Plugins with more than 3% growth in active installs over the last 30 days, ranked by growth rate. Install velocity is a better signal of current momentum than total install count. A plugin gaining 10% per month is earning real-world validation that a stagnant 500K-install plugin is not. These are the plugins WordPress users are actively adopting right now.
Analysis
July 2026 brings an unusual signal from the WordPress plugin directory: zero plugins cleared the trending threshold this month, meaning no plugin in the entire repository achieved more than 3% growth over 30 days while also adding at least 1,000 net new installs. That is not noise. Zero trending plugins and zero combined qualifying installs is a data point worth sitting with before drawing conclusions about why. The case for tracking install velocity rather than total install count has never been cleaner to make than in a month where the metric simply flatlines. When you are choosing a form plugin or a performance optimization tool for a client project, a plugin sitting at 50,000 installs but growing at 8% monthly tells you that developers are actively discovering it, testing it, and keeping it active. A plugin at 500,000 installs with no measurable movement in two years tells you only that it once solved a problem well.
Fastest Growing: Top 10
Comparison
| # | Plugin | Author | Active Installs | 30d Growth | 30d Installs Gained |
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Growth measured over the last 30 days. Data as of July 12, 2026
FAQ
How do you measure which WordPress plugins are trending?
We track active install counts from the WordPress.org plugin API and calculate 30-day growth rates. A plugin must show more than 3% growth in active installs over 30 days to appear on this list.
Is growth rate a better signal than total install count?
Yes. Growth rate reflects current momentum and real-world adoption. A plugin with 50,000 installs growing at 10% per month is gaining more active validation than a plugin with 500,000 installs that hasn't grown in two years.
Which WordPress plugin categories are growing fastest in 2026?
AI-integrated plugins are among the fastest-growing categories. The WordPress Plugins Team reviewed 12,713 submissions in 2025, a 40.6% increase year-over-year, with AI-adjacent tools leading new submission growth.