WordPress Plugins · Rising Stars
Fastest-growing widget plugins
28-day download growth, ranked and dated. As of 2026-07-29. Ranked by exact download-count deltas from WordPress.org's own stats API. No forecasts, no composite score.
Leaderboard
| Rank | Plugin | 28d growth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BeachFinder Widget | +90% |
| 2 | Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages | +23% |
| 3 | VisioGalaxia | +15% |
| 4 | Zanderio AI | +8.9% |
| 5 | Login Widget With Shortcode | +8.7% |
| 6 | Newsletter subscription optin module | +6.9% |
| 7 | Rich Showcase for Google Reviews | +6.9% |
| 8 | HT Menu – WordPress Mega Menu Builder for Elementor | +5.0% |
| 9 | SpiceBox | +4.9% |
| 10 | Custom Post Type Widget Blocks | +4.2% |
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