10 Best Simple Link List Widget Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Simple Link List Widget has 2,000+ 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 Simple Link List Widget
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Link Library
Closest match4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsThe purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated today.
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4.8 (45) 3,000+ active installsA JS widget (can be used in posts) for displaying an archive list with some effects.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated April 3, 2026.
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4.0 (26) 4,000+ active installsProvides a thumbnail area in Your Profile, for users to upload & crop new images in an overlay to be saved and stored to their profile.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since November 20, 2023.
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4.5 (42) 3,000+ active installsAttach files to any post or page and let WP Attachments list them for you, with icons, file sizes and a download counter.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.4 (60) 3,000+ active installsSimple customizable plugin that displays a name/email form where visitors can submit their information, manageable in the WordPress admin.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since August 8, 2023.
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5.0 (22) 5,000+ active installsUse a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated November 24, 2025.
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4.5 (33) 20,000+ active installsEnables the Link Manager that existed in WordPress until version 3.5.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.3 (29) 10,000+ active installsAutomatically detects a domain name change, and updates all the WordPress tables in the database to reflect this change.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated May 8, 2026.
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Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)
4.5 (23) 10,000+ active installsThe plugin adds a title and a rel="nofollow" checkbox to the insert link popup box. Only for Classic Editor, NOT Block Editor.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.5 (48) 10,000+ active installsTrack Click or Submit events and conversions for any Elementor widget with Google Analytics, Facebook, Yandex Metrika, Vkontakte.
Shares the links tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since April 18, 2025.
Switching from Simple Link List Widget: common questions
What is the best alternative to Simple Link List Widget?
Link Library is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Simple Link List Widget alternative has the most users?
Link Manager, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Simple Link List Widget alternative is rated highest?
Link Library, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 97 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Simple Link List Widget 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 Simple Link List Widget 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 Simple Link List Widget 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
Link Library is the closest match to Simple Link List Widget by the data we track, and Link Manager has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Link Library shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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