Plugins

AI plugins, explained — and the 40 best-rated.

Plugins, apps, skills, connectors, extensions, MCP: what each one is, how to switch them on in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot, how to stay safe — the most popular Claude and ChatGPT plugins, and the highest-rated add-ons in the public stores with their real star ratings.

Checked Oct 2, 2026

Short answer

A plugin adds abilities to an AI assistant: a link to another app (Gmail, Canva), saved instructions for a task, or both. Install them from your assistant’s own directory, prefer official or verified ones, keep approvals on, and treat browser extensions that can read every site with care.

The jargon in 30 seconds

The best plugins for Claude and ChatGPT

Claude and ChatGPT have their own plugin directories, with no star ratings — so we use what each directory itself shows: Anthropic’s exact install counts for Claude plugins, Anthropic’s popularity order for Claude connectors, and the order of ChatGPT’s own “Popular” list. Read on Oct 3, 2026.

Connectors link Claude to an app. These are the 20 most popular in Anthropic’s directory; “Interactive” ones show live panels inside the chat. Turn one on in Customize → Connectors.

1Claude connector

Google Drive

Search, read, and upload files instantly

by Google
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
2Claude connector

Gmail

Draft replies, summarize threads, & search your inbox

by Google
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
3Claude connectorInteractive

Canva

Search, create, autofill, and export Canva designs

by Canva
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
4Claude connector

Microsoft 365

Access your company's SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and Teams directly in Claude

by Anthropic
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
5Claude connector

Notion

Connect your Notion workspace to search, update, and power workflows across tools

by Notion
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
6Claude connectorInteractive

Figma

Generate diagrams and better code from Figma context

by Figma
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
7Claude connectorInteractive

Slack

Send messages, create canvases, and fetch Slack data

by Slack
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
8Claude connectorInteractive

HubSpot

CRM context for every answer, insight, and action

by HubSpot
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
9Claude connectorInteractive

Asana

Connect to Asana to coordinate tasks, projects, and goals

by Asana
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
10Claude connector

Linear

Manage issues, projects & team workflows in Linear

by Linear (Linear Orbit, Inc.)
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
11Claude connectorInteractive

monday.com

monday.com project management & CRM for projects, tasks, portfolios, boards, workflows, milestones, dependencies, forms, dashboards, cross-project portfolio status, and critical paths.

by monday.com
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
12Claude connector

Intercom

Access to Intercom data for better customer insights

by Intercom
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
13Claude connectorInteractive

Box

Search, edit and get insights on your Box content

by Box
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
14Claude connector

Indeed

Search for jobs on Indeed

by Indeed
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
15Claude connector

Supabase

Manage databases, authentication, and storage

by Supabase
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
16Claude connector

Zoom for Claude

Search, recap, and act on your Zoom meetings

by Zoom
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
17Claude connectorInteractive

Spotify

Music and podcast recommendations, just for you.

by Spotify
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
18Claude connectorInteractive

Gamma

Create presentations, docs, socials, and sites with AI

by Gamma
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
19Claude connector

Vercel

Analyze, debug, and manage projects and deployments

by Vercel
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
20Claude connector

Granola

The AI notepad for meetings

by Granola
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
1Claude plugin

Frontend Design

Craft production-grade frontends with distinctive design. Generates polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.

1,134,112installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
2Claude plugin

Superpowers

Claude learns brainstorming, subagent development with code review, debugging, TDD, and skill authoring through Superpowers.

1,009,371installs
by Jesse VincentClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
3Claude plugin

Code Review

AI code review with specialized agents and confidence-based filtering for pull requests

438,525installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
4Claude plugin

Context7

Upstash Context7 MCP server for live docs lookup. Pull version-specific docs and code examples from source repos into LLM context.

417,801installs
by UpstashClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
5Claude plugin

Code Simplifier

Code clarity agent: simplifies and refines recently modified code while preserving functionality and consistency.

346,763installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
6Claude plugin

Playwright

Browser automation and end-to-end testing MCP server by Microsoft. Enables Claude to interact with web pages, take screenshots, fill forms, and automate testing workflows.

319,887installs
by MicrosoftClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
7Claude plugin

GitHub

Official GitHub MCP server for repo management. Create issues, manage PRs, review code, search repos, and access GitHub's API from Claude Code.

319,381installs
by GitHubClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
8Claude plugin

CLAUDE.md Management

Tools to maintain CLAUDE.md - audit quality, capture learnings, and keep project memory current.

287,247installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
9Claude plugin

Feature Dev

Feature development workflow with agents for exploration, design, and review

256,017installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
10Claude plugin

Security Guidance

Security hook warns about command injection, XSS, and unsafe code patterns when editing files

241,800installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
11Claude plugin

Vercel

Vercel integration for Claude Code. Manage deployments, builds, logs, domains, and frontend infrastructure directly.

227,688installs
by VercelClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
12Claude plugin

TypeScript LSP

TypeScript/JavaScript language server for enhanced code intelligence

212,522installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
13Claude plugin

Ralph Loop

Interactive AI loops for iterative development using the Ralph Wiggum technique: Claude works on tasks repeatedly, seeing prior work until completion.

196,527installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
14Claude plugin

Claude Code Setup

Analyze codebases and recommend tailored Claude Code automations such as hooks, skills, MCP servers, and subagents.

195,067installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
15Claude plugin

Commit Commands

Commands for git commit workflows including commit, push, and PR creation

171,244installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
16Claude plugin

Figma

Figma integration: access design files, extract components, read tokens, translate to code. Bridge design-development gap.

167,556installs
by FigmaClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
17Claude plugin

Supabase

Supabase MCP: Database ops, auth, storage, real-time. Manage projects, run SQL, interact with your backend.

118,617installs
by SupabaseClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
18Claude plugin

PR Review Toolkit

PR review agents for comments, tests, errors, types, quality, and simplification

114,856installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
19Claude plugin

Pyright LSP

Python language server (Pyright) for type checking and code intelligence

109,778installs
by AnthropicClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
20Claude plugin

Chrome DevTools

Control and inspect a live Chrome browser from your coding agent. Record performance traces, analyze network requests...

102,569installs
by GoogleClaude Code
Open in Claude Marketplace ↗
1ChatGPT plugin

Gmail

Read and manage Gmail

Communication
Open in ChatGPT ↗
2ChatGPT plugin

Remote Desktop Commander

Build and automate, anywhere

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
3ChatGPT plugin

Google Drive

Drive, Docs, Sheets or Slides

Productivity
Open in ChatGPT ↗
4ChatGPT plugin

Health

Explore your health data in ChatGPT

Health
Open in ChatGPT ↗
5ChatGPT plugin

GitHub

Triage PRs, issues, CI, and publish flows

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
6ChatGPT plugin

Outlook Email

Triage Outlook inboxes

Communication
Open in ChatGPT ↗
7ChatGPT plugin

Supabase

Manage and query databases

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
8ChatGPT plugin

Flaim Fantasy

Fantasy sports analysis

Productivity
Open in ChatGPT ↗
9ChatGPT plugin

Firecrawl

Search and access more data

Productivity
Open in ChatGPT ↗
10ChatGPT plugin

Exa

Web search for AI agents

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
11ChatGPT plugin

WPVibe

AI WordPress tools

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
12ChatGPT plugin

Canva

Create, review, edit designs

Creativity
Open in ChatGPT ↗
13ChatGPT plugin

Render

Manage Render resources

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
14ChatGPT plugin

Notion

Notion docs and workflows

Productivity
Open in ChatGPT ↗
15ChatGPT plugin

Slack

Read and manage Slack

Communication
Open in ChatGPT ↗
16ChatGPT plugin

Shopify

Create and manage your store

Business
Open in ChatGPT ↗
17ChatGPT plugin

Vercel

Build and deploy web apps and agents

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
18ChatGPT plugin

Windsor.ai

Connect 350+ data sources

Business
Open in ChatGPT ↗
19ChatGPT plugin

HubSpot

Insights to action in HubSpot

Business
Open in ChatGPT ↗
20ChatGPT plugin

Parallel Search

Web search for AI

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
21ChatGPT plugin

Railway

Build and deploy apps

Developer tools
Open in ChatGPT ↗
22ChatGPT plugin

Interactive Brokers (IBKR)

Analyze global markets

Finance
Open in ChatGPT ↗
23ChatGPT plugin

vidIQ

Grow on YouTube, IG & TikTok

Business
Open in ChatGPT ↗
24ChatGPT plugin

Metricool

Analyze and schedule posts

Productivity
Open in ChatGPT ↗

Install counts and order come from the directories themselves and change daily. Listing in a directory isn’t a security audit — read is MCP safe? before connecting your accounts.

The 40 highest-rated AI plugins

Real star ratings from the public stores, read on Oct 2, 2026. We took the 30 best Chrome extensions, 8 WordPress plugins and 2 VS Code extensions. Only add-ons with enough reviews to mean something qualify (at least 500 ratings, or 100 on WordPress), ranked by a weighted average so a handful of 5-star reviews can’t beat 100,000 good ones. Click a card to open its store page.

1WordPress

Chatway

AI chatbot agent & human live chat for customer support, FAQ, chat buttons including WhatsApp with Chatway live chat. iOS & Android apps available 💬

5.0762 ratings
Website chatbot30K installs
View in store ↗
2Chrome extensionFeatured

Sider

ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude, Grok all in one AI sidebar, for AI search, read, and write.

4.9114.5K ratings
AI sidebar5M users

⚠ June 2026: researchers reported a flaw (“Spyder”) that could let a malicious website act through it; fix not confirmed.

View in store ↗
3WordPress

AI Engine

AI meets WordPress. Your site can now chat, write poetry, solve problems, and maybe make you coffee.

4.9869 ratings
Website chatbot90K installs
View in store ↗
4Chrome extensionFeatured

NoteGPT

Summarize YouTube videos and turn transcripts into notes with AI. Generate captions, then translate, copy, or download subtitles.

4.98.5K ratings
Summaries400K users
View in store ↗
5WordPress

LocoAI

LocoAI - Auto Translate For Loco Translate is a powerful tool for developers looking to quickly translate their WordPress plugins and themes.

4.9640 ratings
Translation70K installs
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6Chrome extensionFeatured

Monica

One stop AI Assistant with GPT, Claude, Gemini: Chat, Write, Translate, Search, Summarize, image generator, video generation

4.932.3K ratings
AI sidebar3M users
View in store ↗
7Chrome extensionFeatured

AITOPIA

AI Agent Marketplace & AI Sidebar with all AI models (Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek & more) and hundreds of AI Agents

4.928.2K ratings
AI sidebar1M users
View in store ↗
8Chrome extensionFeatured

Scribbl

Record, transcribe, & take notes with our bot-free AI note taker for Google Meet, Zoom, & MS Teams

5.03.3K ratings
Meeting notes60K users
View in store ↗
9WordPress

Atarim

Give your AI full access to WordPress. It edits pages, fixes code, updates plugins and runs SEO work, with a backup and your approval first.

4.9126 ratings
Website editing1K installs
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10WordPress

SEO Writing

Create articles for SEO and AI Search, add internal links with semantic search, and auto-publish or schedule posts on WordPress.

4.9120 ratings
Writing30K installs
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11WordPress

SupportCandy

Enhance your WordPress site with our AI Powered customer support ticket system. Manage customer support, tickets, and email tickets efficiently.

4.9289 ratings
Customer support10K installs
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12WordPress

Uncanny Automator

The AI + Automation plugin for WordPress. Automate workflows across all your plugins and apps, add an AI agent, and build pages with AI — no code.

4.9157 ratings
Automation40K installs
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13WordPress

Weglot

Translate your WordPress site into 110+ languages with AI translations true to your brand. Multilingual SEO, WooCommerce ready, 110k+ sites.

4.81.9K ratings
Translation50K installs
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14Chrome extensionFeatured

Fathom

Records, transcribes & summarizes meetings FREE

4.91.7K ratings
Meeting notes600K users
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15Chrome extensionFeatured

ProWritingAid

Gain confidence in your writing with the best grammar checker and paraphrasing tool that works wherever you do.

4.87K ratings
Writing200K users
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16Chrome extensionFeatured

ChatGPT Exporter

Download ChatGPT convos as PDF, Markdown, Text, etc. Download Chat GPT results to PDF. Easily convert ChatGPT to beautiful PDF.

4.92.6K ratings
Chat tools200K users
View in store ↗
17Chrome extensionFeatured

Writesonic

See keyword volumes, difficulty, and trends in Google results. Track AI query fanouts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini & Claude.

4.83.7K ratings
SEO70K users
View in store ↗
18Chrome extensionFeatured

Tactiq

Meeting note taker and AI transcription for Google Meet, Zoom, and MS Teams.

4.84.4K ratings
Meeting notes1M users
View in store ↗
19Chrome extensionFeatured

Merlin AI

AI-powered browser agent by Merlin

4.88.8K ratings
AI sidebar900K users
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20Chrome extension

Voyager

A better workspace for Gemini™, Claude™, and ChatGPT™ — prompts, reading tools, organization, export, and more.

4.91.5K ratings
Chat tools100K users
View in store ↗
21Chrome extensionFeatured

MaxAI

Save time with your AI assistant that helps you read, write, and search faster wherever you work online.

4.814.5K ratings
AI sidebar700K users

⚠ June 2026: researchers reported a flaw (“MaXSS”) that could let a malicious website act through it; fix not confirmed.

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22Chrome extensionFeatured

DeepL

Translate while you read and write with DeepL Translate, the world’s most accurate translator.

4.712.6K ratings
Translation4M users
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23Chrome extensionFeatured

AI Exporter

Professional AI chat exporter and manager. Save ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini chats as PDF, Word or Markdown. Works on 16+ AI sites.

4.81.7K ratings
Chat tools100K users
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24Chrome extensionFeatured

QuestionAI

AI Copilot can answer screenshot queries and assist with writing, summarizing, translating, and grammar checking.

4.82.1K ratings
Homework help100K users
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25Chrome extensionFeatured

SidebarGPT

Access AI language model everywhere with SidebarGPT for Chrome. Enhance writing and communication skills with AI tech.

4.9873 ratings
AI sidebar9K users
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26Chrome extensionFeatured

QuillBot

Improve your writing - Detect and Humanize AI content, create images, Paraphrase, Check Grammar, AI Chat, and more!

4.76K ratings
Writing6M users
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27Chrome extensionFeatured

Transkriptor

Convert audio to text. Automatically record and transcribe your meetings, and other conversations with Transkriptor.

4.71.9K ratings
Meeting notes100K users
View in store ↗
28Chrome extensionFeatured

LanguageTool

Instantly Enhance Your Texts with LanguageTool’s Grammar Checker and Paraphrasing Tool

4.712.6K ratings
Writing2M users
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29Chrome extension

Browser MCP

The MCP to control your browser. Browser MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows clients like VS Code, Claude,…

4.8728 ratings
Automation100K users
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30Chrome extensionFeatured

HARPA AI

Free AI sidebar with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & DeepSeek. 100+ commands to automate, monitor prices, summarize & write.

4.73.2K ratings
Automation400K users
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31Chrome extensionFeatured

Trancy

Trancy provides bilingual subtitle for platforms like YouTube, Disney+, as well as AI translator for websites.

4.72.8K ratings
Translation300K users
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32Chrome extensionFeatured

Scribe

Turn any workflow into documentation your teams and AI agents can follow. Save each team member 35 hours/month.

4.8834 ratings
Documentation1M users
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33Chrome extensionFeatured

DeepSider

AI sidebar support chat with all AI models (DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude, GPT) for advanced AI search, read, and write.

4.8651 ratings
AI sidebar200K users
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34Chrome extensionFeatured

ChatsNow

ChatsNow is an AI tool uses GPT-4o, GPT - 5.4, o1-preview, Claude3, Gemini to provide services, e.g. AI search, read, PDF and write

4.8601 ratings
AI sidebar10K users
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35VS Code

Azad Coder

Azad Coder: Your AI pair programmer in VSCode. Powered by Anthropic's Claude and GPT 5 !, it assists both beginners and pros in coding, debugging…

5.03.1K ratings
Coding140.7K installs

⚠ Publisher not verified by Microsoft; last updated 2025-12-18.

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36Chrome extensionFeatured

ChatHub

Use ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Llama and more chatbots simultaneously

4.71.3K ratings
AI sidebar200K users
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37Chrome extensionFeatured

GPTZero

Bring AI detection, citation checks, live essay feedback, and writing replays directly into Google Docs and your workflow.

4.7731 ratings
AI detection500K users
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38Chrome extensionFeatured

Brisk Teaching

AI for teachers, right inside Google Docs, Classroom, YouTube, and more. Tell Brisk what you need and save 10+ hours a week.

4.7730 ratings
Teaching1M users
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39Chrome extensionFeatured

Speechify

Read aloud any Google Doc, PDF, webpage, or book with text to speech (TTS). Natural sounding voices in 60+ languages & 1,000 voices.

4.622.7K ratings
Read aloud1M users
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40VS Code

GitHub Copilot

Your AI pair programmer

4.11.1K ratings
Coding74.7M installs
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Worth knowing

The AI companies’ own Chrome extensions rate far lower than these: Claude in Chrome has 2.8★ from about 1,700 ratings (16 million users) and OpenAI’s ChatGPT extension 2.8★ from about 800 (6 million users). Low ratings often reflect plan limits and sign-in problems rather than safety — and the official ones don’t pass your text through a third company.

Ratings, review counts and user numbers are the stores’ own figures and change daily. A high rating isn’t a security check — see are AI extensions safe? Links go to the store; we earn nothing from them.

Switch them on in your assistant

ChatGPT

  1. Open Plugins in the sidebar (web, desktop or phone).
  2. Pick one, check its apps, then Install plugin → Connect.
  3. In a chat, type @ and its name — or just ask; ChatGPT uses installed plugins when they fit.
  4. Disconnect: Settings → Plugins.

Claude

  1. Go to Customize → Connectors and choose Discover.
  2. Select Connect to Claude and sign in to the service.
  3. In a chat: + → Connectors to switch it on; approve each action or choose Allow once.
  4. Skills and plugins live under Customize → Skills / Plugins.

Gemini

  1. Open Settings & help → Connected Apps.
  2. Switch on the apps you want (Gmail, Drive, YouTube Music, Spotify…).
  3. Type @ and the app’s name to use one directly.
  4. Most third-party apps are US-only and need Keep Activity on.

Microsoft Copilot

  1. Free app: + → Use connectors on copilot.com (phone: Profile → Connectors).
  2. Connect OneDrive, Outlook.com or Google Drive, Gmail and Calendar — read and search only.
  3. Work accounts: a Plugins menu, managed by your IT admin.
  4. Microsoft says connector data isn’t used for training.

Menu names from each company’s help pages, checked Oct 2, 2026. Some features depend on your plan, age and country.

Before you install anything

  1. Use the official directory or storeAnd check the publisher. OpenAI, Anthropic and Google don’t make extensions called “ChatGPT Translate” or “Gemini AI Sidebar”.
  2. Read what it can accessRead-only access to one folder is very different from “read and change all your data on all websites”.
  3. Keep approvals onChoose “Allow once” for anything that sends, deletes or buys.
  4. Badges help, but aren’t proofSeveral data-harvesting extensions had Google’s Featured badge — they changed after an automatic update.
  5. Remove what you don’t useEvery connection and extension is a door.

The full record: every major AI extension incident since 2023 and is MCP safe?

Guides in this section

Quick answers

What is an AI plugin?

An add-on that lets an AI assistant do more: link to another app such as Gmail or Canva, follow saved instructions for a task, or both. In 2026 ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft Copilot all call these bundles “plugins”. Browser extensions that add AI to your web pages are often called plugins too.

What is the difference between plugins and skills?

A skill is a saved set of instructions for one kind of task. A plugin is a package that can hold several skills plus connected apps. Full decoder.

Are AI plugins safe?

Official ones from your assistant’s own directory, from well-known companies, are low-risk if you keep approvals on. The real risks are unknown publishers, browser extensions with access to every site, and hidden instructions in content the AI reads. Six rules.

What are the best ChatGPT plugins?

For most people: Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar for your own information, Canva for designs, Wolfram for math, and Quizlet for study. Install them from Plugins in the ChatGPT sidebar.

Are custom GPTs going away?

Yes. OpenAI retires custom GPTs on December 11, 2026 and migrates them to plugins. What transfers and what doesn’t.

How are the star ratings on this page chosen?

They are the public ratings on each store (Chrome Web Store, VS Code Marketplace, WordPress.org and the GPT Store), read on the date shown. To stop a 5.0 from a dozen reviews beating a 4.8 from 100,000, we rank by a weighted average that pulls small samples toward the store’s typical score.