10 Best The Paste Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
The Paste has 9,000+ 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 The Paste
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Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress
Closest matchCopy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code
4.6 (35) 10,000+ active installsCopy Anything to Clipboard is the #1 WordPress copy-to-clipboard plugin trusted by 10,000+ active websites with 352,151+ downloads 🚀.
Shares the clipboard tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.3 (23) 3,000+ active installsAutomate your WordPress post scheduling with Publish to Schedule. Set rules for days and times to publish posts automatically, saving you time and ens …
Shares the productivity tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated December 4, 2025.
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4.8 (22) 1,000+ active installsPuts all your pages and posts into the admin bar so you can simply hover, view & edit anything in one click.
Shares the productivity tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 9,000+, last updated April 22, 2026.
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OpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin
5.0 (23) 2,000+ active installsA windowed workspace for wp-admin. Open posts, media, and settings side by side, with a dock, virtual desktops, and a Cmd+K palette.
Shares the productivity tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.8 (201) 70,000+ active installsEnhances the Media Library; powerful gallery and list shortcodes, full taxonomy support, IPTC/EXIF/XMP/PDF processing, bulk/quick edit.
Shares the media library tag on WordPress.org. About 7.8 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.6 (67) 40,000+ active installs"Crop Thumbnails" made it easy to get exacly that specific image-detail you want to show in your featured image or gallery image.
Shares the media library tag on WordPress.org. About 4.4 times the installs, last updated December 3, 2025.
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4.3 (298) 60,000+ active installsThis plugin would be handy for those who need to manage a lot of media files.
Shares the media library tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, no update since July 15, 2024.
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4.7 (235) 50,000+ active installsThe time-saving solution for managing tons of featured images within minutes: Set, replace and delete in bulk and set default images for future posts.
Shares the media library tag on WordPress.org. About 5.6 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager
5.0 (1,517) 90,000+ active installsCreate unlimited folders with the Folders WordPress plugin, organize & manage your Media Library files, Pages & Posts in folders 📁
Shares the media library tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.9 (48) 30,000+ active installsAllows users to export media library files as a compressed zip archive. Links Website Support
Shares the media library tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, no update since April 5, 2023.
Switching from The Paste: common questions
What is the best alternative to The Paste?
Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which The Paste alternative has the most users?
Folders, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which The Paste alternative is rated highest?
Folders, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1,517 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these The Paste 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 The Paste 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 The Paste 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
Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress is the closest match to The Paste by the data we track, and Folders has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. OpenStation shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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