7 Best Just Writing Statistics Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Just Writing Statistics has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 7 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 7 closest alternatives to Just Writing Statistics
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Reading Time WP
Closest match4.8 (20) 20,000+ active installsReading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.
Shares the reading time, word count tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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5.0 (66) 800+ active installsAdd reading position indicator on page top.
Shares the reading time tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 21, 2026.
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4.3 (27) 3,000+ active installsAn adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles.
Shares the reading time tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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FD Footnotes Plugin
4.5 (21) 1,000+ active installsAdd elegant looking footnotes to your posts simply and naturally.
Shares the writing tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 6, 2016.
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4.6 (46) 1,000+ active installsSell books via Amazon and other retailers directly from your author website with this easy-to-use system. Creates book pages, widgets, and book grids.
Shares the writing tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since December 13, 2024.
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4.8 (46) 1,000+ active installsEasily handle authors' payments on a multi-author blog by computing posts' remuneration basing on admin defined rules.
Shares the authors tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.9 (55) 3,000+ active installsHide usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security
Shares the authors tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since April 17, 2024.
Switching from Just Writing Statistics: common questions
What is the best alternative to Just Writing Statistics?
Reading Time WP is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Just Writing Statistics alternative has the most users?
Reading Time WP, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Just Writing Statistics alternative is rated highest?
Reading Position Indicator, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 66 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Just Writing Statistics 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 Just Writing Statistics 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 Just Writing Statistics 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
Reading Time WP is the closest match to Just Writing Statistics by the data we track, and Reading Time WP has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Reading Time WP 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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