10 Best ShopEngine Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 23, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
ShopEngine has 100,000+ 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 ShopEngine
- 1
CleanTalk Anti-Spam
Closest matchCleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection
4.8 (3,219) 200,000+ active installsAdvanced antispam for comments, registrations, contact forms, WooCommerce, plus email validation and protection. We catch spam others miss!
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated today.
- 2
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 8 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
- 3
CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce
4.8 (517) 200,000+ active installs1 WordPress funnel builder & WooCommerce checkout plugin. Boost AOV with one-click upsells, order bumps & high-converting checkout pages.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 17 days ago.
- 4
Bulky – Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce
4.6 (53) 10,000+ active installsA helpful tool that allows you to bulk edit available attributes of products such as ID, Title, Content,...
10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated September 18, 2026.
- 5
WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More
4.8 (14,385) 5 million+ active installsThe best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
About 50 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 16 days ago.
- 6
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
4.8 (7,517) 4 million+ active installsGrow your organic traffic and AI visibility with powerful SEO tools, XML sitemaps, Schema automation, and built-in AI SEO, all in one place.
About 40 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 16 days ago.
- 7
Masteriyo LMS
Paid version availableMasteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates
4.8 (183) 6,000+ active installsComplete WordPress LMS plugin. Build & sell online courses with quizzes, certificates, and built-in payments. The all-in-one LMS for course creators.
6,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 10 days ago.
- 8
Popup Maker
Paid version availablePopup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder
4.9 (4,512) 600,000+ active installsWant to boost sales & marketing efforts? Use your favorite forms & builder. Unlimited popups & impressions, keep your data, no monthly subscription.
About 6 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated September 11, 2026.
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
4.3 (821) 1 million+ active installs🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated August 14, 2026.
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4.9 (2,661) 1 million+ active installsGoogle Reviews Widget for WordPress. Display Google reviews in 1 minute with 45 professional layouts. Build trust, boost SEO, and increase sales.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 28 days ago.
Switching from ShopEngine: common questions
What is the best alternative to ShopEngine?
CleanTalk Anti-Spam is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which ShopEngine alternative has the most users?
WPForms, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which ShopEngine alternative is rated highest?
Popup Maker, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,512 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these ShopEngine 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 ShopEngine 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 ShopEngine 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
CleanTalk Anti-Spam is the closest match to ShopEngine by the data we track, and WPForms has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. CleanTalk Anti-Spam shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 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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