10 Best What The File Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
What The File has 40,000+ 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 What The File
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Show Current Template
Closest match5.0 (71) 100,000+ active installsA WordPress plugin which shows the current template file name, the current theme name and included template files' name in the tool bar.
Shares the template, toolbar tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.9, last updated 18 days ago.
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YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
4.8 (1,163) 100,000+ active installsThe best WordPress plugin for displaying related posts. Simple and flexible, with a powerful proven algorithm and inbuilt caching.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, no update since November 11, 2024.
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Relevanssi – A Better Search
4.8 (405) 100,000+ active installsRelevanssi replaces the default search with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It also indexes comments and shortcode content.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 21 days ago.
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Password Protected
Paid version availablePassword Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
4.4 (139) 300,000+ active installsProtect your WordPress site, pages, posts, WooCommerce products, and categories with single or multiple passwords.
About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, last updated July 30, 2026.
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Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress
4.7 (1,508) 200,000+ active installsFormerly "Custom Facebook Feed". Display completely customizable Facebook feeds of a Facebook page. Supports Facebook oEmbeds.
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.3 (77) 100,000+ active installsInline Related Posts AUTOMATICALLY inserts related posts INSIDE your content, capturing immediately the reader's attention.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.9, last updated August 3, 2026.
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The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid
4.8 (265) 100,000+ active installsDisplay WordPress posts in beautiful grid, list, slider, and filter layouts. Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, and Shortcodes.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 14 days ago.
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LoginPress
Paid version availableLoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer
4.8 (1,075) 200,000+ active installsLoginPress is a Custom Login Page Customizer plugin allows you to easily customize the layout of login, admin login, client login, register pages.
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated July 10, 2026.
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Insert Headers And Footers
Paid version available5.0 (134) 300,000+ active installsInclude inline javascript, stylesheets, CSS code or anything you want in Header and Footer areas of your WordPress with ease.
About 7.5 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.9, last updated July 17, 2026.
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Post SMTP
Paid version availablePost SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App
4.7 (525) 300,000+ active installsImprove WordPress email deliverability. Connect Gmail SMTP, Microsoft 365, Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Zoho, Amazon SES, etc. #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin.
About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from What The File: common questions
What is the best alternative to What The File?
Show Current Template is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which What The File alternative has the most users?
Password Protected, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which What The File alternative is rated highest?
Insert Headers And Footers, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 134 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these What The File 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 What The File 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 What The File 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
Show Current Template is the closest match to What The File by the data we track, and Password Protected has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. Smash Balloon Social Post Feed shipped the most recent release, on August 28, 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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