10 Best PrettyLinks Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
PrettyLinks has 200,000+ 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 PrettyLinks
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BetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP
4.8 (85) 20,000+ active installsShorten, cloak, redirect & track every link in WordPress. Branded short URLs, click analytics, affiliate links & MCP access for AI assistants.
Shares the affiliate links, link cloaking, url shortener tags on WordPress.org. 20,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated 8 days ago.
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Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
4.8 (418) 100,000+ active installsPods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
About half the installs, last updated August 31, 2026.
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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
4.9 (4,358) 1 million+ active installsFormerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds.
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 23 days ago.
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Fluent Forms
Paid version availableFluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder
4.8 (806) 800,000+ active installsGet a fast contact form plugin. Create advanced forms using drag and drop form builder with all smart features.
About 4 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution
4.4 (589) 100,000+ active installsA complete WordPress LMS plugin to create any eLearning website easily.
About half the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.8, last updated 7 days ago.
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All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights)
4.7 (5,227) 2 million+ active installsAIOSEO is the WordPress SEO plugin. Boost SEO rankings with AI SEO tools, schema, meta descriptions, XML sitemaps & rank tracking.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 15 days ago.
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MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
4.5 (3,156) 2 million+ active installsThe best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website so you can grow your business with powerful analytics.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated September 16, 2026.
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4.8 (1,285) 600,000+ active installsEasy to use Under Construction Page & Coming Soon Page. Enable Under Construction Mode in seconds & show you're Under Construction!
About 3 times the installs, last updated September 18, 2026.
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MailPoet
Paid version availableMailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation
4.4 (1,433) 500,000+ active installsSend beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.8, last updated 2 days ago.
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Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,139) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 3 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
Switching from PrettyLinks: common questions
What is the best alternative to PrettyLinks?
BetterLinks 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 PrettyLinks alternative has the most users?
All in One SEO, with 2 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which PrettyLinks alternative is rated highest?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,358 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these PrettyLinks 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 PrettyLinks 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 PrettyLinks 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
BetterLinks is the closest match to PrettyLinks by the data we track, and All in One SEO has the widest reach with 2 million+ active installs. MailPoet shipped the most recent release, on October 20, 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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