Best WordPress CRM Plugins in 2026

Data from WordPress.org Updated September 7, 2026 First published September 4, 2026 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 1,133,400 active WordPress sites. Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "crm", its tag listing and its search results.

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Best for each measure
Quick comparison
The top 10
What moved
How to choose
Head-to-head
How this list is ranked
FAQ
Conclusion
Other rankings

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: Flamingo
800,000+, active installs reported by WordPress.org
Highest rated: WP Fusion Lite
5.0 out of 5, from 69 reviews, counting only plugins with at least 50
Most reviewed: FluentCRM
249 reviews, the largest body of feedback behind a score
Most recently updated: Groundhogg
September 3, 2026, the latest release in this list
Longest established: Flamingo
May 5, 2012, first published on WordPress.org

CRM Plugins compared: rating, reviews, installs

#	Plugin	Rating	Reviews	Active installs
1	Jetpack CRM	4.3	152	30,000+
2	FluentCRM	4.8	249	80,000+
3	Groundhogg	4.9	149	2,000+
4	WP Fusion Lite	5.0	69	5,000+
5	Flamingo	4.2	121	800,000+
6	SureContact	4.8	18	10,000+
7	HubSpot All-In-One Marketing	4.3	207	200,000+
8	ERP	4.4	149	5,000+
9	FormsCRM	5.0	3	1,000+
10	Extended CRM for Users Insights	5.0	2	400+

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.

1.Jetpack CRM
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Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation

4.3 (152) 30,000+ active installs Updated Sep 2, 2026 Tested up to 7.1

The CRM for small businesses. Manage leads, invoicing, billing, email marketing, clients, contacts, quotes, automation. Works with WooCommerce too.

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2.FluentCRM
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FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution

4.8 (249) 80,000+ active installs Updated Sep 3, 2026 Tested up to 7.1

The easiest and fastest Email Marketing, Newsletter, Marketing Automation Plugin & CRM Solution for WordPress

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3.Groundhogg

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation

4.9 (149) 2,000+ active installs Updated Sep 3, 2026 Tested up to 7.1

Groundhogg is the best WordPress CRM & Marketing Automation plugin. Create flows, email campaigns, and have a CRM all within your WordPress site.

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4.WP Fusion Lite

WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress

5.0 (69) 5,000+ active installs Updated Jul 30, 2026 Tested up to 7.0.4 Paid version available

WP Fusion Lite synchronizes your WordPress users with contact records in your CRM or marketing automation system.

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5.Flamingo

4.2 (121) 800,000+ active installs Updated Aug 18, 2026 Tested up to 7.1

A trustworthy message storage plugin for Contact Form 7.

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6.SureContact

SureContact – Newsletters, Email Marketing, Automation, Revenue Tracking & CRM

4.8 (18) 10,000+ active installs Updated Aug 19, 2026 Tested up to 7.1

Send newsletters, set up email automations, manage contacts and track ecommerce revenue in a CRM for WordPress.

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7.HubSpot All-In-One Marketing

HubSpot All-In-One Marketing – Forms, Popups, Live Chat

4.3 (207) 200,000+ active installs Updated Aug 24, 2026 Tested up to 6.9.7

The CRM, Sales, and Marketing WordPress plugin to grow your business better. Capture and engage web visitors with free live chat, forms, CRM, email ma …

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8.ERP

ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce

4.4 (149) 5,000+ active installs Updated Aug 20, 2026 Tested up to 7.0.4

Self-hosted ERP for WordPress with HR, CRM, accounting, and recruitment. Run your business from one dashboard and keep your data yours.

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9.FormsCRM

FormsCRM – Connect Forms to CRM directly

5.0 (3) 1,000+ active installs Updated Aug 21, 2026 Tested up to 7.1 Paid version available

Connects your CRM, ERP and Email Marketing with your Forms plugin and create new Leads/Entries as the forms are filled automatically. GDPR compliant.

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10.Extended CRM for Users Insights

5.0 (2) 400+ active installs Updated Sep 3, 2026 Tested up to 7.1

Extends the CRM functionality of Users Insights - adds new management options to the user groups, user notes and custom user fields features

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What changed in the CRM Plugins ranking

Jetpack CRM #1 ▲1
FluentCRM #2 ▼1

How to choose a CRM Plugin for WordPress

1
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.
2
Check the intake path
Contacts should arrive automatically from your forms, your shop and your mailing list. Manual entry is where CRMs die.
3
Watch the database
Contact history is written constantly. On shared hosting this is the plugin most likely to make the admin feel slow.
4
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.

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", Jetpack CRM is #1 as of September 7, 2026, with 30,000+ active installs and a 4.3 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 September 7, 2026. It ranks #5 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?

Groundhogg shipped its latest release on September 3, 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 386 plugins tagged "crm", "contacts" and "customer-relationship-management" as of September 7, 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. 2 of them are listed as commercial, meaning the developer sells a paid version or add-ons: WP Fusion Lite, FormsCRM.

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 September 7, 2026, Jetpack CRM holds the #1 spot for "crm" on WordPress.org, followed by FluentCRM and Groundhogg. 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.