10 Best Timeline Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Timeline has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Timeline
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Cool Timeline
Closest matchCool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)
4.7 (328) 20,000+ active installsShowcase your story or company history, events, and roadmap in an interactive timeline using the powerful Cool Timeline plugin.
Shares the Horizontal Timeline, roadmap, timeline tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
- 2
GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress
4.5 (154) 700,000+ active installsAdvanced tag management for WordPress with Google Tag Manager
About 350 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
- 3
Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline)
4.8 (246) 70,000+ active installsHighlight your company’s history, milestones, and key events directly inside Elementor using stunning vertical and horizontal timelines.
Shares the Horizontal Timeline, roadmap, timeline tags on WordPress.org. About 35 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
- 4
4.2 (21) 800+ active installsCreate stunning and interactive timelines for your WordPress posts with ease. Post Timeline is the ultimate plugin for displaying your WordPress conte …
Shares the timeline, vertical timeline tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (26) 10,000+ active installsCreate a vertical timeline in Elementor to showcase your journey, history, story, milestones or roadmap with this Elementor timeline plugin.
Shares the timeline, vertical timeline tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager
4.7 (159) 20,000+ active installsAccessible WordPress event calendar plugin. Manage single or recurring events, event venues, and display your calendar anywhere on your site.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.6 (139) 20,000+ active installsCreate and maintain events, including complex reoccurring patterns, venue management (with Google Maps or OpenStreetMap), calendars and customisable e …
About 10 times the installs, last updated June 28, 2026.
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4.1 (69) 20,000+ active installsA Compact WP Audio Player Plugin that is compatible with all major browsers and devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)
About 10 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
4.0 (248) 20,000+ active installsLightweight, scalable and full-featured event listings & management plugin for managing events & tickets from the Frontend and Backend.
About 10 times the installs, last updated July 22, 2026.
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Fluent Booking – The Ultimate Appointments Scheduling, Events Booking, Events Calendar Solution
4.7 (43) 20,000+ active installsThe ultimate solution for booking appointments, meetings, webinars, events, sales calls, and more.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
Switching from Timeline: common questions
What is the best alternative to Timeline?
Cool Timeline is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Timeline alternative has the most users?
GTM4WP, with 700,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Timeline alternative is rated highest?
Timeline Widget For Elementor, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 246 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Timeline alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Timeline score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Timeline on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Cool Timeline is the closest match to Timeline by the data we track, and GTM4WP has the widest reach with 700,000+ active installs. My Calendar shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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