Best WordPress Table of Contents Plugins in 2026
Data from WordPress.org Updated First published 5 min read
Automatic in-page navigation built from the headings of long articles.
These plugins read the headings of a post and build a list of links to them. On a long article it genuinely helps a reader, and the anchors it creates sometimes appear under the result in search as jump links.
Together these 10 plugins run on more than 955,100 active WordPress sites. Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "table-of-contents", its tag listing and its search results.
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Best Table of Contents 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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Easy Table of Contents
600,000+, active installs reported by WordPress.org
- Highest rated
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LuckyWP Table of Contents
4.9 out of 5, from 885 reviews, counting only plugins with at least 50
- Most reviewed
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LuckyWP Table of Contents
885 reviews, the largest body of feedback behind a score
- Most recently updated
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Table Of Content Block
August 29, 2026, the latest release in this list
- Longest established
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Table of Contents Plus
July 1, 2011, first published on WordPress.org
- Best support record
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Table of Contents Plus
5 of 5 resolved, recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
Table of Contents Plugins compared: rating, reviews, installs
| # | Plugin | Rating | Reviews | Active installs |
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| 1 | Easy Table of Contents | 4.4 | 219 | 600,000+ |
| 2 | Table of Contents Plus | 4.4 | 176 | 200,000+ |
| 3 | Joli Table Of Contents | 4.9 | 43 | 7,000+ |
| 4 | Table Of Contents Block | 4.3 | 7 | 10,000+ |
| 5 | SimpleTOC | 4.9 | 77 | 10,000+ |
| 6 | LuckyWP Table of Contents | 4.9 | 885 | 100,000+ |
| 7 | Heroic Table of Contents | 4.7 | 9 | 5,000+ |
| 8 | Table Of Content Block | 5.0 | 4 | 3,000+ |
| 9 | Rich Table of Contents | 4.1 | 17 | 20,000+ |
| 10 | F70 Simple Table of Contents | 5.0 | 2 | 100+ |
The 10 best Table of Contents Plugins, ranked by WordPress.org
Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "table-of-contents", its tag listing and its search results. Arrows show movement against the previous snapshot.
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4.4 (219) 600,000+ active installs Updated Aug 27, 2026 Tested up to 7.1
Adds a user friendly and fully automatic way to create and display a table of contents generated from the page content.
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Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages
4.4 (176) 200,000+ active installs Updated Aug 27, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Automatically add a table of contents to your posts and pages, with smooth scrolling, anchor links, and simple styling options.
4.9 (43) 7,000+ active installs Updated Aug 13, 2026 Tested up to 7.1The best Table of Contents plugin for WordPress. Auto or manual insert, Gutenberg Block, beautiful themes, onboarding wizard, and deep customization.
4.3 (7) 10,000+ active installs Updated Aug 6, 2026 Tested up to 7.0.4Add a customizable, SEO-friendly Table of Contents block to WordPress posts & pages — auto-generated from your headings in the Block Editor.
SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block
4.9 (77) 10,000+ active installs Updated Aug 22, 2026 Tested up to 7.1SEO-friendly Table of Contents Gutenberg block. No JavaScript or CSS by default.
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4.9 (885) 100,000+ active installs Updated Apr 16, 2025 Tested up to 6.7.7
Creates SEO-friendly table of contents for your posts/pages. Works automatically or manually (via shortcode, Gutenberg block or widget).
4.7 (9) 5,000+ active installs Updated Jan 7, 2026 Tested up to 6.9.0Heroic Table of Contents is the easiest way to add a table of contents to your site.
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Table Of Content Block – Auto-Generate Clickable Table of Contents
5.0 (4) 3,000+ active installs Updated Aug 29, 2026 Tested up to 6.9.7The Table of Contents block allows you to automatically generate a table of contents for your WordPress post or page.
4.1 (17) 20,000+ active installs Updated Apr 30, 2025 Tested up to 6.8.8RTOC is a table of contents generation plugin from Japan that allows anyone to easily create a table of contents. Equipped with the functions of the c …
5.0 (2) 100+ active installs Updated Aug 27, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Display a table of contents in your posts by automatically generated from the headings. No Javascript code, simple to use.
How to choose a Table of Contents Plugin for WordPress
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Only show it where it helps
A contents list above a four hundred word post is clutter. Look for a minimum heading count before it appears.
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Anchors must be stable
Links from elsewhere point at these anchors. A plugin that regenerates them differently on each save breaks those links.
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Sticky lists suit long documents
A contents panel that follows the reader is useful in documentation and irritating in an essay. Match it to the content.
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Respect the heading order
The plugin depends on headings being used properly. If a post uses heading sizes for styling, the contents list will be nonsense.
Table of Contents 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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Easy Table of Contents vs Table of Contents Plus#1 vs #2 · 600,000+ vs 200,000+ installs
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Easy Table of Contents vs Joli Table Of Contents#1 vs #3 · 600,000+ vs 7,000+ installs
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Easy Table of Contents vs Table Of Contents Block#1 vs #4 · 600,000+ vs 10,000+ installs
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Table of Contents Plus vs Joli Table Of Contents#2 vs #3 · 200,000+ vs 7,000+ installs
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Table of Contents Plus vs Table Of Contents Block#2 vs #4 · 200,000+ vs 10,000+ installs
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Joli Table Of Contents vs Table Of Contents Block#3 vs #4 · 7,000+ vs 10,000+ installs
How we rank Table of Contents Plugins
WordPress.org publishes two orderings for "table-of-contents" and neither is reliable alone. The tag listing covers every tag the directory files these plugins under, "table-of-contents" and "toc", 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.
Table of Contents Plugins FAQ
What is the best Table of Contents Plugin for WordPress?
On WordPress.org's own ranking for "table-of-contents", Easy Table of Contents is #1 as of September 7, 2026, with 600,000+ active installs and a 4.4 out of 5 rating. By rating, LuckyWP Table of Contents scores 4.9 out of 5 from 885 reviews.
Which Table of Contents Plugin has the most active installs?
Easy Table of Contents, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org as of September 7, 2026. It ranks #1 in this list.
Which Table of Contents Plugin has the highest rating?
LuckyWP Table of Contents, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 885 reviewers on WordPress.org. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted, so a single 5-star review does not win.
Which Table of Contents Plugin was updated most recently?
Table Of Content Block shipped its latest release on August 29, 2026. 7 of the 10 plugins in this list were updated in the last 90 days, which is the usual sign of active maintenance.
How many Table of Contents Plugins are there on WordPress.org?
WordPress.org lists 98 plugins tagged "table-of-contents" and "toc" as of September 7, 2026. This page shows the top 10 in the directory's own order.
Does a table of contents help SEO?
It creates named anchors, which search engines sometimes surface as jump links under a result, and it adds internal structure that makes a long page easier to parse. Neither is a ranking factor on its own. The genuine benefit is that readers reach the section they wanted and stay, rather than bouncing off a wall of text.
Should the table of contents be collapsed by default?
On mobile, usually yes, because an open list of twelve items pushes the article off the screen. On desktop an open list is easier to scan and costs nothing. Either way the content is in the HTML and indexed normally, so collapsing is a reading decision rather than an SEO one.
Table of Contents Plugins: the bottom line
As of September 7, 2026, Easy Table of Contents holds the #1 spot for "table-of-contents" on WordPress.org, followed by Table of Contents Plus and Joli Table Of Contents. If install base matters most, Easy Table of Contents leads with 600,000+ active installs. If ratings matter most, LuckyWP Table of Contents scores 4.9 out of 5 across 885 reviews. 2 of the 10 have not been updated in over a year, so check the last-updated column before you install.
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