Community Plugins ↑ Top

Analytics ↑ Top

Developer Tools ↑ Top

  • Custom Metadata Manager

    Add custom metadata fields to your posts, pages, custom post types, users, and other object types.

  • Disable Comments Querying

    Disable comment queries (useful if you use a JavaScript-based commenting system).

  • Fieldmanager

    Build forms, metaboxes and custom admin screens.

  • Gallery Style Cleanup

    Create valid XHTML for galleries

  • Maintenance Mode

    Shut down your site for a little while and do some maintenance on it! Still allows authors, editors, and administrators to browse the site normally.

  • Safe Redirect Manager

    Safely and easily manage your website’s HTTP redirects.

  • Shortcake

    Shortcake makes using WordPress shortcodes a piece of cake.

  • WP Large Options

    Allow storage of options larger than 1M in a cache-safe manner. Uses a custom post type.

  • WP Options Importer

    WP Options Importer allows you to export all options to a JSON file, which you can then import elsewhere.

  • WPCOM Legacy Redirector

    Simple plugin for handling legacy redirects in a scalable manner.

Editorial Tools ↑ Top

  • Advanced Excerpt

    Control the length of your excerpts and spice them up with HTML.

  • Apester

    The world’s largest storytelling platform.

  • Art Direction Redux

    Edit the CSS for individual posts to create per-post styles.

  • AYS Publish

    Add a confirmation step after you click Publish.

  • Column Shortcodes

    Easily format your posts and pages into columns.

  • Comment Moderation Queue Alerts

    Get notifications when the comment queue is too large.

  • Comment Probation

    Approve one comment but not all future comments.

  • CoSchedule

    Plan awesome content and save a ton of time with the content marketing and social media editorial calendar for WordPress.

  • Edit Flow

    Redefine your editorial workflow and empower your team with features for better organization and communication.

  • Editorial Calendar

    Drag and drop post management

  • Getty Images

    Search and use Getty Images photos in your posts without ever leaving WordPress.com.

  • Hidden Posts

    Hide/exclude individual posts from a site’s homepage.

  • History Bar

    List recently viewed posts in the help bar, for easy user access.

  • Ice Visual Revisions

    See who changed what when in the visual editor

  • Maintenance Mode

    Shut down your site for a little while and do some maintenance on it! Still allows authors, editors, and administrators to browse the site normally.

  • MCE Table Buttons

    Add a table editing toolbar to your post editor.

  • Multiple Post Thumbnails

    Adds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you’ve ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you. […]

  • NewsCred

    Publish fully licensed, full text articles and images from 4,000+ of the world’s best news sources!

  • PublishThis

    The Leading Content Marketing Management Platform for Enterprise Businesses

  • Simple Page Ordering

    Order your pages, hierarchical custom post types, or custom post types with “page-attributes” with simple drag and drop right from the built in page list.

  • Simply Show Ids

    Show the ID of an item for easy access.

  • Skyword

    Moving Stories. Forward.

  • SubHeading

    Easily add and display subtitles/headings on your posts.

  • Syndication

    Easily “push” your content to multiple WordPress sites or “pull” content from external resources like RSS Feeds.

  • WebDAM Asset Chooser

    Access and upload millions of images from both Shutterstock and your WebDAM asset library without leaving WordPress.

  • WP Help

    Easily create customized documentation for your website, viewable from your WordPress.com Dashboard.

  • Zone Manager (Zoninator)

    Curate your content in a flash by creating zones, which you can use to order your content.

Engagement ↑ Top

  • Advanced Blacklist

    Improve your blacklist by banning more specific terms.

  • AJAX Comment Loading

    Speed up your page load time by loading your comment threads asynchronously.

  • AJAX Comment Preview

    Give your readers the ability to preview their comments before they post.

  • Apester

    The world’s largest storytelling platform.

  • Document Feedback

    Close the loop by getting feedback from your readers on your documentation.

  • Flag Comments

    Flag comments for moderation.

  • IntenseDebate Comments

    Enhance and encourage conversation on your blog with IntenseDebate.

  • NewsCred

    Publish fully licensed, full text articles and images from 4,000+ of the world’s best news sources!

  • Roost Web Push

    Push notifications for your website. Available in Chrome (Android and desktop) and Safari (desktop).

  • Safe Report Comments

    Allow your readers to report a comment as inappropriate.

  • Sailthru

    Sailthru is the leading provider of personalized marketing communications

  • WP Frontend Uploader

    Allow your visitors to upload User Generated Content.

Media ↑ Top

  • Brightcove Video Connect

    Discover How Video Can Move Your Business.

  • Dynamic Content Gallery

    Create a dynamic gallery anywhere within your WordPress.com theme.

  • Get The Image

    Easily add thumbnails, featured images, and more with this script.

  • Getty Images

    Search and use Getty Images photos in your posts without ever leaving WordPress.com.

  • Image Metadata Cruncher

    Control what metadata is extracted and displayed with your images.

  • Inform Video Match

    Inform Video Match enables you to easily preview in real time and embed videos from the Inform video library into your WordPress post.

  • JW Player

    The World’s Most Popular Video Player.

  • Kimili Flash Embed

    Easily embed Flash movies on your site.

  • Lightbox Plus

    View images, slide shows and videos in an overlay.

  • Multiple Post Thumbnails

    Adds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you’ve ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you. […]

  • Ooyala

    Unlocking the true revenue potential of digital TV.

  • thePlatform

    Easily publish and manage your videos in WordPress using thePlatform’s mpx.

  • Watermark Image Uploads

    Automatically watermark your image uploads.

  • WebDAM Asset Chooser

    Access and upload millions of images from both Shutterstock and your WebDAM asset library without leaving WordPress.

  • WordPress.com Thumbnail Editor

    Select which portion of a fullsize image you want to use for the thumbnail.

Mobile ↑ Top

  • Apple News

    Enable your WordPress content to be published to your Apple News channel.

  • Blimply

    Send push notifications to your mobile users.

Monetization & Commerce ↑ Top

  • Ad Code Manager

    Securely and easily manage your ad codes through your WordPress.com Dashboard.

  • Adbusters

    A package of automatically loaded iframe busters for popular ad networks.

  • Apester

    The world’s largest storytelling platform.

  • CampTix Event Ticketing

    Sell event tickets through your WordPress.com site.

  • Ecwid Shopping Cart Shortcode

    Easily integrate Ecwid commerce features on your site.

  • MediaPass Subscriptions

    Monetize your content with recurring subscriptions made easy.

  • Nativo

    Unlock a premium revenue stream with native ads.

  • Optimizely

    Optimizely is a dramatically easier way for you to improve your website through A/B testing.

  • Roost Web Push

    Push notifications for your website. Available in Chrome (Android and desktop) and Safari (desktop).

  • Shoplocket

    Everything you need to start selling professionally from WordPress, in minutes.

  • Tinypass

    Simple, powerful tools for subscriptions, paywalls, pay-per-view, and donations.

Performance ↑ Top

  • Apple News

    Enable your WordPress content to be published to your Apple News channel.

  • Cache Nav Menus

    Cache your Core Navigation Menus with WordPress.com’s Advanced Post Cache.

  • CheezTest

    Create and run Batcache-compatible server-side A/B tests in your theme.

  • Elasticsearch Wrapper for WP_Query

    A drop-in replacement for WP_Query to leverage Elasticsearch for complex queries.

  • WP-SEO

    An SEO plugin that stays out of your way.

SEO ↑ Top

Social ↑ Top

  • Apester

    The world’s largest storytelling platform.

  • Bit.ly

    Generate shortened URLs for your published posts.

  • CoSchedule

    Plan awesome content and save a ton of time with the content marketing and social media editorial calendar for WordPress.

  • Facebook

    Make your WordPress site social in a couple of clicks, powered by Facebook.

  • Facebook Instant Articles

    Prepare to publish your content via Facebook’s lightning-fast mobile channel.

  • JSON Feed

    Add and customize a JSON output format to your feeds.

  • Playbuzz

    Enhance your WordPress content with Playbuzz’s innovative storytelling tools.

  • Simple Reach Analytics

    Content ROI made simple.

  • SocialFlow

    Get more readers and traffic from Twitter & Facebook with SocialFlow Optimized Publisher™.

  • Storify

    Make the Web Tell a Story

Taxonomy, Layout, & Organization ↑ Top

  • AngelList

    Display an AngelList company profile in selected posts.

  • Breadcrumb NavXT

    Add breadcrumb navigation for your visitors.

  • Category Posts Widget

    Highlight posts from a given category in your sidebar or footer.

  • External Links in a New Window

    Save time by universally setting your links to open in a new window.

  • External Permalinks Redux

    Redirect your posts and pages to a URL of your choosing.

  • Formategory

    Customize posts based on their categories using templates.

  • Lazy Load

    Improve page load times and reduce bandwidth by loading images only when they’re visible to the reader.

  • MostPopular Feed

    Create a feed of the most popular posts.

  • Shortcake

    Shortcake makes using WordPress shortcodes a piece of cake.

  • Simply Show Ids

    Show the ID of an item for easy access.

  • Table of Contents

    Add an organized TOC to your pages — especially useful for documentation-centric sites.

  • Taxonomy Images

    Tag and categorize the images in your Media Library.

  • Taxonomy List Widget

    Create a list of non-hierarchical taxonomies and display it in your sidebar or footer, as an alternative to the tag cloud.

  • Term Management Tools

    Easily reorganize your categories and tags — merge terms, convert term taxonomies, and set term parents in bulk.

  • View All Posts Pages

    Provide a “view all” (single page) option for paginated posts.

  • WordPress.com Related Posts

    Generate and display a list of related posts.

  • WordPress.com VIP Search Add-On

    Super-charge your search with faceting, powered by Elasticsearch technology.

  • WP Page Numbers

    Replace the “Next” and “Previous” navigation links with numbers and arrows.

  • WP Pagenavi

    Replace the “Next” and “Previous” navigation links with numbers and arrows.

  • WP-Paginate

    Replace the “Next” and “Previous” navigation links with numbers and arrows on posts and comments.

  • WP.com Geo Uniques

    Target distinct markets with different content by geo-targetting users at a country level, while still taking advantage of WordPress.com VIP’s built-in caching benefits.

User Management ↑ Top

Most of the Community plugins are also available in the public WordPress.org plugin directory. Each plugin has undergone a thorough VIP code review at the time of inclusion and in some cases was modified from the public version for security or performance reasons to run on the WordPress.com VIP platform.