10 Best Homepage Control Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Homepage Control has 9,000+ 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 Homepage Control
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Genesis Simple Hooks
Closest match4.6 (22) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin creates a new Genesis settings page that allows you to insert code (HTML, Shortcodes, and PHP), and attach it to any of the 50+ action hoo …
Shares the hooks tag on WordPress.org. About 2.2 times the installs, last updated March 31, 2026.
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4.4 (27) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework on a …
Shares the hooks tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 2, 2026.
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4.6 (23) 60,000+ active installsRedirect 404 missing pages to the homepage using SEO 301 redirection. Super lightweight!
Shares the homepage tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.0 (26) 5,000+ active installsA plugin that lets you select the categories that appear on the front page of your WordPress site.
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since January 30, 2024.
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4.8 (48) 8,000+ active installsNot a big fan of green and black? Love the layout of Twenty Fourteen, but need its colors to match your brand? Don't have time to create a child …
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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Custom Login Page Customizer
Paid version available4.8 (410) 90,000+ active installsCustom Login Customizer allows you to easily customize your admin login page, straight from your WordPress Customizer!
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated January 6, 2026.
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4.9 (57) 10,000+ active installsManage a site-wide central color palette for a uniform look'n'feel! Supports the new block editor, Theme Customizer and many themes and plug …
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 16, 2023.
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Organic Builder Widgets – Simple WordPress Page Builder
4.8 (85) 3,000+ active installsA simple WordPress page builder, Organic Builder Widgets provides a collection of 12 custom widgets to be used in the Customizer as content sections.
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since July 6, 2022.
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Custom Login Page Customizer – Login Designer
4.8 (150) 30,000+ active installsLogin Designer is the best way to style a custom login page for your WordPress login, register and forgot password forms, right from the live-action W …
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated November 11, 2025.
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4.7 (113) 30,000+ active installsSimple and smart companion that allows you to insert sections into any existing page, create landing pages or entire websites including header and foo …
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, no update since March 24, 2025.
Switching from Homepage Control: common questions
What is the best alternative to Homepage Control?
Genesis Simple Hooks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Homepage Control alternative has the most users?
Custom Login Page Customizer, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Homepage Control alternative is rated highest?
Central Color Palette, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 57 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Homepage Control 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 Homepage Control 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 Homepage Control 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
Genesis Simple Hooks is the closest match to Homepage Control by the data we track, and Custom Login Page Customizer has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. Redirect 404 to Homepage shipped the most recent release, on August 26, 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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