Most Popular WordPress Plugins for Churches

Most Church websites have very specific needs which cannot be easily fulfilled by WordPress straight out of the box. Things like content sliders and accordions, event calendars and timetables, newsletters, donation and crowdfunding features.

Thankfully there are plenty of WordPress plugins, free and paid, that can extend your church’s WordPress website with such features.

To make it easier for you to discover and install these plugins, we are bringing you this table of the Top 100 most used WordPress plugins on church websites. You might discover some popular plugins that will inspire you to create something useful for your churchgoers.

If you’re looking for some design inspiration for your new website, then check out our list of the Most Used WordPress Themes by Churches.

We have several Church WordPress Themes with Google Fonts integrated directly into them. The selected fonts are automatically downloaded and are served locally, which is better for performance and complies with GDPR regulations.


The Most Used WordPress Plugins on Church Websites
#Plugin NameTotal Websites% of Total
#1Contact Form 718,21128.681%
#2Slider Revolution8,01412.622%
#3Jetpack6,36010.017%
#4WPBakery Page Builder4,5967.238%
#5The Events Calendar3,8166.01%
#6Google Analytics For WordPress3,7225.862%
#7Simple Calendar3,1654.985%
#8Youtube Embed Plus2,9934.714%
#9Layerslider2,6234.131%
#10Elementor Page Builder2,5333.989%
#11All In One Event Calendar2,4913.923%
#12WooCommerce2,4313.829%
#13Nextgen Gallery1,9693.101%
#14Google Analytics Dashboard For WP1,7672.783%
#15Page Builder by SiteOrigin1,6742.636%
#16MetaSlider1,6702.63%
#17TablePress1,6482.596%
#18Events Calendar Pro1,4422.271%
#19Bb Plugin1,4402.268%
#20Instagram Feed1,4092.219%
#21Page Links To1,4022.208%
#22Photo Gallery1,3522.129%
#23Custom Facebook Feed1,3052.055%
#24Cookie Law Info1,2962.041%
#25Events Manager1,2842.022%
#26WP Pagenavi1,2581.981%
#27Wc Gallery1,1381.792%
#28SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle1,1071.743%
#29Elementor Pro1,0961.726%
#30Essential Grid Gallery Plugin1,0871.712%
#31Fusion Builder1,0441.644%
#32Give – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform1,0321.625%
#33Gravity Forms9711.529%
#34Fusion Core9711.529%
#35MailChimp for WordPress9131.438%
#36Simple Social Icons8761.38%
#37Modern Events Calendar Lite8681.367%
#38Seriesengine Plugin8221.295%
#39Add To Any7771.224%
#40Smart Slider 37681.21%
#41Formidable Forms7571.192%
#42Max Mega Menu7481.178%
#43Responsive Lightbox7331.154%
#44Social Icons Widget By WPzoom7251.142%
#45Easy Fancybox6901.087%
#46Bible Verse Of The Day6641.046%
#47WP Rocket6561.033%
#48Cornerstone6290.991%
#49Thechurchco6280.989%
#50WordPress Download Manager6240.983%
#51EventOn6170.972%
#52Gutenberg6130.965%
#53Simple Lightbox6110.962%
#54WP Smushit6050.953%
#55MapPress Maps for WordPress5900.929%
#56Cookie Notice5840.92%
#57Newsletter5810.915%
#58WP Google Maps5630.887%
#59Ultimate Vc Addons5600.882%
#60JS Composer Salient5450.858%
#61My Calendar5380.847%
#62Sermon Manager For WordPress5360.844%
#63Ninja Forms5320.838%
#64Ultimate Social Media Icons5320.838%
#65Wysija Newsletters5280.832%
#66Coblocks5210.821%
#67Monarch Social Media Sharing5130.808%
#68Custom Facebook Feed Pro5100.803%
#69Seamless Donations5030.792%
#70Content Views Query And Display Post Page5000.787%
#71Contact Widgets5000.787%
#72Embed Any Document4990.786%
#73Sitepress Multilingual CMS4970.783%
#74Compact WP Audio Player4830.761%
#75Wpforms Lite4800.756%
#76Modern Events Calendar4790.754%
#77Bbpowerpack4790.754%
#78Extra Sidebar Widgets4340.684%
#79Prihod Ru Webmaster4340.684%
#80Ortox Network Sites4340.684%
#81Vamtam Push Menu4270.673%
#82Foobox Image Lightbox4230.666%
#83WP Mailto Links4200.661%
#84Masterslider4190.66%
#85Social Media Icons Widget4140.652%
#86Feed Them Social4010.632%
#87Dynamic To Top3980.627%
#88Cleantalk Spam Protect3970.625%
#89Column Shortcodes3820.602%
#90Feeds For Youtube3800.598%
#91Seriously Simple Podcasting3760.592%
#92Google Language Translator3750.591%
#93Ocean Extra3700.583%
#94Shortcodes Ultimate3690.581%
#95Salient Core3670.578%
#96Sharedaddy3660.576%
#97Constant Contact Forms3640.573%
#98Gtranslate3500.551%
#99Ezchurch3460.545%
#100Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails3460.545%
Number of Church Websites Powered by WordPress63,494
Last updatedApril 6th, 2022