Best WordPress CRM Plugins in 2026
Data from WordPress.org Updated First published 5 min read
Contact records, deal pipelines and customer history kept inside WordPress.
A CRM plugin keeps contacts, their history and the state of a deal inside your WordPress database rather than in a subscription service. That is the trade in one sentence: you own the data and you carry the maintenance.
Together these 10 plugins run on more than 1,142,700 active WordPress sites. Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "crm", its tag listing and its search results.
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Best CRM Plugin for each measure
One plugin per measure, taken from the same WordPress.org figures as the ranking. A measure with nothing behind it is left out rather than guessed.
- Most installed
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Flamingo
800,000+, active installs reported by WordPress.org
- Highest rated
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WP Fusion Lite
5.0 out of 5, from 69 reviews, counting only plugins with at least 50
- Most reviewed
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Customer Engagement System
340 reviews, the largest body of feedback behind a score
- Most recently updated
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Customer Engagement System
October 22, 2026, the latest release in this list
- Longest established
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Flamingo
May 5, 2012, first published on WordPress.org
- Best support record
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FluentCRM
5 of 5 resolved, recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
- Most languages
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FluentCRM
5 languages, translated to 90% or more on translate.wordpress.org
CRM Plugins compared: rating, reviews, installs
| # | Plugin | Rating | Reviews | Active installs |
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| 1 | FluentCRM | 4.8 | 250 | 80,000+ |
| 2 | Jetpack CRM | 4.3 | 152 | 30,000+ |
| 3 | WP Fusion Lite | 5.0 | 69 | 5,000+ |
| 4 | Flamingo | 4.2 | 121 | 800,000+ |
| 5 | Groundhogg | 4.8 | 150 | 2,000+ |
| 6 | SureContact | 4.8 | 20 | 10,000+ |
| 7 | Customer Engagement System | 4.5 | 340 | 10,000+ |
| 8 | ERP | 4.4 | 149 | 5,000+ |
| 9 | HubSpot All-In-One Marketing | 4.3 | 207 | 200,000+ |
| 10 | WP-CRM System | 3.9 | 15 | 700+ |
The 10 best CRM Plugins, ranked by WordPress.org
Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "crm", its tag listing and its search results. Arrows show movement against the previous snapshot.
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FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution
4.8 (250) 80,000+ active installs Updated Oct 12, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3The easiest and fastest Email Marketing, Newsletter, Marketing Automation Plugin & CRM Solution for WordPress
93,691 downloads in 30 days 
Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation
4.3 (152) 30,000+ active installs Updated Oct 5, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3The CRM for small businesses. Manage leads, invoicing, billing, email marketing, clients, contacts, quotes, automation. Works with WooCommerce too.
31,494 downloads in 30 days-
WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress
5.0 (69) 5,000+ active installs Updated Sep 25, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3 Paid version availableWP Fusion Lite synchronizes your WordPress users with contact records in your CRM or marketing automation system.
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4.Flamingo
4.2 (121) 800,000+ active installs Updated Aug 18, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3A trustworthy message storage plugin for Contact Form 7.
111,801 downloads in 30 days 
Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation
4.8 (150) 2,000+ active installs Updated Oct 13, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Groundhogg is the best WordPress CRM & Marketing Automation plugin. Create flows, email campaigns, and have a CRM all within your WordPress site.
8,014 downloads in 30 days
SureContact – Newsletters, Email Marketing, Automation, Revenue Tracking & CRM
4.8 (20) 10,000+ active installs Updated Sep 15, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Send newsletters, set up email automations, manage contacts and track ecommerce revenue in a CRM for WordPress.
10,521 downloads in 30 days-
Customer Engagement System – Popup Builder, Forms, CRM & Email Marketing Automation
4.5 (340) 10,000+ active installs Updated Oct 22, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Popups, forms, a WordPress CRM and email marketing automation in one plugin. Capture leads, tag every contact and follow up automatically.
14,840 downloads in 30 days 
8.ERP
ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce
4.4 (149) 5,000+ active installs Updated Oct 5, 2026 Tested up to 7.0.7Self-hosted ERP for WordPress with HR, CRM, accounting, and recruitment. Run your business from one dashboard and keep your data yours.
5,335 downloads in 30 days
HubSpot All-In-One Marketing – Forms, Popups, Live Chat
4.3 (207) 200,000+ active installs Updated Sep 16, 2026 Tested up to 6.9.10The CRM, Sales, and Marketing WordPress plugin to grow your business better. Capture and engage web visitors with free live chat, forms, CRM, email ma …
74,075 downloads in 30 days
WP-CRM System – Manage Clients and Projects
3.9 (15) 700+ active installs Updated Sep 28, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3WP-CRM System – Manage Clients and Projects is a WordPress CRM that is designed to work exclusively with YOUR WordPress site.
1,144 downloads in 30 days
What changed in the CRM Plugins ranking
How to choose a CRM Plugin for WordPress
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Be honest about whether you need a CRM
A contact form that emails you is enough for many businesses. A CRM earns its place when several people follow up the same contacts.
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Check the intake path
Contacts should arrive automatically from your forms, your shop and your mailing list. Manual entry is where CRMs die.
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Watch the database
Contact history is written constantly. On shared hosting this is the plugin most likely to make the admin feel slow.
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Personal data lives here
A CRM is a pile of personal information in your database. Backups, access control and deletion requests all become your problem.
CRM Plugin comparisons: side by side
The top four against each other on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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FluentCRM vs Jetpack CRM#1 vs #2 · 80,000+ vs 30,000+ installs
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FluentCRM vs WP Fusion Lite#1 vs #3 · 80,000+ vs 5,000+ installs
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FluentCRM vs Flamingo#1 vs #4 · 80,000+ vs 800,000+ installs
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Jetpack CRM vs WP Fusion Lite#2 vs #3 · 30,000+ vs 5,000+ installs
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Jetpack CRM vs Flamingo#2 vs #4 · 30,000+ vs 800,000+ installs
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WP Fusion Lite vs Flamingo#3 vs #4 · 5,000+ vs 800,000+ installs
How we rank CRM Plugins
WordPress.org publishes two orderings for "crm" and neither is reliable alone. The tag listing covers every tag the directory files these plugins under, "crm", "contacts" and "customer-relationship-management", and is sorted by active installs, which lets a large plugin carrying one of them loosely sit above the ones the category is about. Its search results are sorted by relevance and carry their own noise. So a plugin is placed here by where it sits across both lists: high in each one lifts it, high in only one does not. We fetch both every day at 03:00 UTC, keep every day's snapshot, and add nothing of our own. No plugin is inserted, removed or sponsored, and each entry shows its position in both lists on its own page. Full methodology.
CRM Plugins FAQ
What is the best CRM Plugin for WordPress?
On WordPress.org's own ranking for "crm", FluentCRM is #1 as of October 23, 2026, with 80,000+ active installs and a 4.8 out of 5 rating. By active installs, Flamingo leads with 800,000+. By rating, WP Fusion Lite scores 5.0 out of 5 from 69 reviews.
Which CRM Plugin has the most active installs?
Flamingo, with 800,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org as of October 23, 2026. It ranks #4 in this list.
Which CRM Plugin has the highest rating?
WP Fusion Lite, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 69 reviewers on WordPress.org. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted, so a single 5-star review does not win.
Which CRM Plugin was updated most recently?
Customer Engagement System shipped its latest release on October 22, 2026. 10 of the 10 plugins in this list were updated in the last 90 days, which is the usual sign of active maintenance.
How many CRM Plugins are there on WordPress.org?
WordPress.org lists 440 plugins tagged "crm", "contacts" and "customer-relationship-management" as of October 23, 2026. This page shows the top 10 in the directory's own order.
Are these CRM Plugins free?
All 10 are free to install from WordPress.org. 1 of them are listed as commercial, meaning the developer sells a paid version or add-ons: WP Fusion Lite.
Should a CRM live in WordPress or in a hosted service?
In WordPress when the customers come from the site itself, when the data must stay on your infrastructure, and when a per-seat subscription is hard to justify. In a hosted service when a sales team lives in it all day, when you need phone and calendar integration, or when you would rather someone else carried the uptime.
Will a CRM Plugin slow my site down?
The public pages rarely. The admin sometimes, because contact records and activity history are written and queried constantly and the tables grow steadily. On shared hosting this is the plugin most likely to make wp-admin feel sluggish; on a decent server it is a non-issue.
CRM Plugins: the bottom line
As of October 23, 2026, FluentCRM holds the #1 spot for "crm" on WordPress.org, followed by Jetpack CRM and WP Fusion Lite. If install base matters most, Flamingo leads with 800,000+ active installs. If ratings matter most, WP Fusion Lite scores 5.0 out of 5 across 69 reviews.
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