10 Best Manage Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Manage has 90,000+ 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 Manage
- 1
WP YouTube Lyte
Closest match4.8 (206) 20,000+ active installsHigh performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
Shares the performance tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 2
Plugin Check (PCP)
4.5 (36) 10,000+ active installsPlugin Check is a WordPress.org tool which provides checks to help plugins meet the directory requirements and follow various best practices.
Shares the performance tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated 22 days ago.
- 3
4.9 (469) 200,000+ active installsQuery Monitor is the developer tools panel for WordPress and WooCommerce.
Shares the performance tag on WordPress.org. About 2.2 times the installs, last updated June 20, 2026.
- 4
4.5 (165) 300,000+ active installsTake control of the cron events on your WordPress website or WooCommerce store with WP Crontrol.
About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
- 5
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
4.4 (1,395) 600,000+ active installsThe 100% beginner friendly WordPress form builder. Drag & drop form fields to build beautiful, professional contact forms in minutes.
About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 6
TablePress
Paid version availableTablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy
5.0 (4,626) 600,000+ active installsEmbed beautiful, accessible, and interactive tables into your WordPress website’s posts and pages, without having to write code!
About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
- 7
4.8 (1,005) 400,000+ active installsBuild responsive page layouts using the widgets you know and love using this simple drag and drop page builder.
About 4.4 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
- 8
4.9 (134) 400,000+ active installsEssential elements for modern websites. Add buttons, sliders, heroes, maps, images, carousels, features, icons, more. Create dynamic pages easily.
About 4.4 times the installs, last updated July 24, 2026.
- 9
4.4 (219) 600,000+ active installsAdds a user friendly and fully automatic way to create and display a table of contents generated from the page content.
About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
- 10
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor
4.8 (332) 600,000+ active installs20+ Gutenberg Blocks with endless options, enabling top-notch efficiency for high-performance dynamic website creation.
About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from Manage: common questions
What is the best alternative to Manage?
WP YouTube Lyte 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 Manage alternative has the most users?
Ninja Forms, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Manage alternative is rated highest?
TablePress, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 4,626 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Manage 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 Manage 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 Manage 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
WP YouTube Lyte is the closest match to Manage by the data we track, and Ninja Forms has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. Kadence Blocks shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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