20 Best Blogger Widgets and Plugins to Use Free in 2026

This is a complete list of top Blogger widgets to use on Google’s blogging platform, BlogSpot.

When running a website, you will have to use different kinds of services, tools, and add-ons to add additional functionalities to your website and grow your online business in general.

It is the same for Blogger. Although Blogger is a quality blogging platform, it still lacks many functionalities compared to WordPress.

So, which Blogger widgets should you use on your site? And where can you find quality and reliable widgets for Blogger blogs?

That is what you will find out in this article.

In our previous articles on using the contact form Blogger widget on static pages and on top social media sharing widgets for Blogger, we shared several plugins for Blogger.

But, in this article, you will get a list of the top essential Blogspot widgets to use to grow traffic and revenue.

How to add widgets on Blogger

Blogger widget generators provide a unique widget embed code (usually a div element with a unique identifier) and universal JavaScript code.

Elfsight is a popular service that provides over 90+ free HTML widgets for websites. Below is the embed code for an HTML form widget.

<script src="https://elfsightcdn.com/platform.js" async></script>
<div class="elfsight-app-4450b3c0-8582-468f-83f8-032de89849e4" data-elfsight-app-lazy></div>

If you install multiple widgets from the same HTML widget generator, that is, Elfsight in our example above, you can add the JavaScript code to the header or footer section of your Blogger theme once.

Here’s how to add third-party widget codes to Blogger:

Step 01: Log in to your Blogger account and go to the “Theme” section.

Step 02: Click on the “Edit HTML” option, as shown in the screenshot below.

NOTE: Back up your theme in case you want to restore the previous version in the future.

Step 03: Find </body code in your Blogger theme and place the JavaScript code above it.

Step 04: Now, you can add any HTML widget or plugin to blog posts, pages, and widget areas. If your Blogger theme does not have a widget area, use a Blogger theme with widget sections or add a new widget area to your existing theme.

Now, paste the HTML code for the Blogger widget under the ‘Content‘ field. You can leave the ‘Title’ field empty.

Alternatively, you can copy and paste the complete widget code, including the JavaScript file, into a widget area using an HTML/JavaScript gadget.

Embed widgets on Blogger using Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a script management tool for websites. It allows you to load external scripts on your site asynchronously. Overall, Google Tag Manager provides several benefits for users, including sequencing, minimal impact on site speed, and the ability to load scripts on specific pages.

Log in to your Google Tag Manager (and create a workspace for your Blogspot blog) and add a new HTML tag (choose “Custom HTML” tag type).

Add the JavaScript code for the Blogger widget code generator.

Save changes and hit the “Submit” button to publish changes. Once done, install the Google Tag Manager code on your site.

Now, you can place the HTML code for widgets in places such as the sidebar, blog post, and page content.

6 things to consider when using third-party HTML widgets on Blogger

1. You can install multiple widgets on Blogger – Let’s assume you want to add multiple countdown timers on a landing page. In that case, in addition to adding a JavaScript file similar to <script src=” https://example.com/script.js”/> multiple times, you can add it once and embed the HTML div element that displays countdown timers.
2. You can use a tag management service in Blogger – Install the Google Tag Manager script on your site following the instructions as shown above. In Google Tag Manager, you can add scripts for Blogger widget providers. Using a service such as Google Tag Manager offers additional benefits, including a lower impact on overall page load time, sequencing, and easier widget installation.
3. Consider page loading speed – No one likes web pages that take ages to load. Using excessive widgets on a Blogspot blog may lead to it. If you add images to a Blogger widget (e.g., a photo slider), size them properly, compress them with a service such as ShortPixel, and use modern image formats such as WebP and AVIF.
4. You can customize widgets before and after adding to Blogger – Most HTML widgets providers for Blogger allow customizing widgets to resonate with your theme and brand color palette using the visual editor and CSS.
5. A/B test your strategy – You can utilize Blogger for various reasons: Blogging, affiliate marketing, lead generation, showcasing your work portfolio, and creating a bio page. Whichever the reason may be, experiment with your strategies by using different widgets and widget placements.
6. Collaboration – Some Blogger widget creators let you add collaborators to design widgets cooperatively.

Top 12 Blogger Widgets and Plugins to Use Today

Email Subscription

One of the first things you should do as a blogger is collect visitor data, especially email addresses. Why? Because most of the first-time visitors to your site will never return.

When you have built a targeted email list of people interested in your offers and articles, you can drive those people to your latest posts. This will help your site in numerous ways, such as increasing the number of returning visitors and the average time spent on the site.

One of Blogger’s drawbacks is that it does not provide a quality email subscription widget. Yes, the Blogger widget library includes a ‘Feed Subscription’ gadget. However, building an email list rather than a feed subscription list offers many opportunities, such as promoting offers, enabling email automation, and selling email clicks.

The biggest benefit is that the audience (i.e., a list of email addresses) belongs to you, unlike RSS feed subscribers.

Fortunately, many email subscription widget creators integrate with Blogger:

1. OptinMonk
2. Elfsight Email Subscription
3. Convertful
4. ConvertBox
5. OptinMonster

Social Feed

If you manage a social media account on platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, Instagram, and LinkedIn, you might want to embed a social feed (or social posts/updates) on your site.

To do that, you will have to use a social feed widget on Blogger.

There are many social feed widget providers out there. Here are some of them:

• Elfsight Social Feed – Create social media feeds from unlimited combinations of multiple sources: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, RSS, and more.
• Powr Social Feed – Like Elfsight, Powr’s Social Feed plugin lets you add posts from multiple sources, customize the widget, and embed it on your site.
• TagEmbed
• EmbedSocial Social Media Aggregator
• CommonNinja’s Social Media Feeds Widget
• TaggBox

How to create a social feed widget for Blogger

Use the widget builder below to design your own Blogger Social Feed widget.

Free Instagram widget for blogger

The Instagram widget for Blogger lets you display posts from a specific user (based on the ‘@’ handle), hashtags, and reels on your Blogger site. There are several Instagram feed widgets that work on Blogspot. Elfsight and TagEmbed are two of them.

Use the Instagram widget code generator below to create a widget and get the embed code.

Popup

Blogger does not provide a popup gadget in its widget library. So, you will have to use a third-party service to add one.

Why should you use popup widgets on Blogger?

• Reduce page abandonment: If you are using Blogger to sell something, chances are many people will leave the page on their first visit without purchasing. Utilize a popup coupon widget that launches on the page abandonment to increase revenue.
• Capture existing traffic: A significant share of visitors will visit a site only once and never return. Why not use an exit-intent popup on your site to capture those people?
• Targeted on-click popups: Many popup widget creators let you display a popup in many ways. Some of them are when a certain link, button, or element is clicked.

In our recent article on the best popup software for websites, we listed 10+ services, key features, and demos of some of them. Several of them are:

1. Elfsight Popup widget
2. Brizy Popup Builder
3. Convertful
4. Powr Popups
5. ConvertBox
6. WisePops

How to make a popup widget for Blogger

You can use a popup creator such as Convertful, ConvertBox, OptinMonster, or Convertflow to design a popup according to your requirements.

Here’s how to make a popup widget on Brizy:

Countdown Timer

One of the top marketing tactics marketers have used over the years is provoking urgency (e.g., an illusion of expiration) in the message. That is where ‘countdown timers’ come into play. Suppose you promote any offer on your blog, whether your products and services or affiliate offers (especially pre-launch affiliate products). In those cases, using a countdown timer in the right place at the right time can increase conversions on your promotions.

Since Blogger does not provide a countdown gadget in the Blogger widgets library, you have to use a custom countdown timer.

Here are the top countdown timers for Blogger:

• Elfsight Countdown widget
• CommonNinja Countdown timer
• Fouita’s Countdown widget
• Powr Countdown App

The above tools let you create different types of HTML countdown timers. Countdown bars, inline countdown widgets, and timers that count up from a specific moment are some of them. Those can be helpful not only in promotions but also in displaying the time remaining for a particular event.

How to create a countdown widget for Blogger

Use the following widget builder to create a countdown timer.

Review Aggregator

According to many studies, such as this one from the Spiegel Research Center, online reviews impact sales generation. One statistic: the purchase likelihood for a product with five reviews is 270% higher than for a product with no reviews.

There are many review platforms for collecting reviews about a business or product.

• Google Business Profile – Also known as Google Reviews. Google shows reviews on Google search result pages and Maps for businesses and locations.
• Amazon Customer Reviews – Displayed on every product page on Amazon.
• Facebook Page Ratings and Reviews – Also known as Facebook Recommendations.
• Yelp Reviews – Reviews about local businesses.
• Other review platforms: TrustPilot, G2, Capterra, OpenTable, Instagram, Booking.com, BBB, eBay, Google Play, and Apple App Store

We have previously shared how to embed reviews from the platforms above on a website in many articles. Here they are:

• Amazon Reviews widgets – Best to improve conversions by convincing on-the-fence potential customers to purchase your products using the authority of Amazon.
• Google Reviews widgets – Best to share what Google users say about a particular local business or location on a website.
• Facebook Review widgets – Best to showcase what Facebook users have said about a business.
• Yelp Review widgets – Best to use if you have a local business listed on Yelp with a good number of positive reviews.

Mix reviews widget for Blogger

The above review widgets allow you to embed reviews from each platform separately. However, you can create a widget that displays reviews from all platforms.

Use the widget builder below to design an all-in-one reviews widget for Blogspot.

In addition to the above review widgets, you can utilize testimonials widgets to demonstrate custom reviews on your site.

YouTube Feed

You can easily embed YouTube videos on a Blogspot site on posts and pages using the built-in YouTube video search tool and on widget areas using the video embed code.

However, if you want to embed a gallery of YouTube videos (e.g., a video playlist) and the complete channel on your site, you have to use a custom YouTube widget.

Here are several YouTube video widget providers for Bloggers:

• Elfsight Youtube Gallery
• CommonNinja Youtube Feed
• TagEmbed Youtube widget
• Powr Youtube Gallery
• Fouita’s YouTube feed

Create a YouTube widget for Blogger

Use the widget builder below to create a YouTube widget for Blogger. You can select a template such as a single video, playlist, grid, or list, customize the appearance, and use multiple sources and AdSense ads.

Comparison Table

If you are an affiliate marketer and want to earn more from your blog, consider adding product comparison tables to your posts. Comparison tables help in many ways:

• People get to compare features and key details of multiple products at once
• Clearer and more prominent CTA (Call-to-action) buttons increase clicks to your affiliate links
• Readers get to quickly grasp USPs (Unique Selling Propositions) or unique components or differentiators of products, and make decisions based on their requirements
• You (the marketer) get to make more money with increased clicks

I shared the top services, features, and demos in my recent article about the best comparison table makers. Here are some of those names:

• Affiliatable
• Elfsight

Watch the video below to find out how to create a product comparison table using Affiliatable. Learn more in the Affiliatable review.

Form

Have you ever wondered if you can create a multi-field form widget using the Blogger Contact form? Unfortunately, the Blogger Contact Form widget cannot be customized, and Blogger does not provide a solution.

If you want to create a multi-field contact form that collects more than name, email, and message, and multi-step forms such as Feedback, Survey, and Booking forms, you have to use a third-party Form builder widget in Blogger.

Here are several form builders:

• Elfsight’s Form Builder
• Aidaform
• Powr Form App
• Google Forms
• Typeform
• Paperform
• Outgrow
• Jotform

How to create a form widget for Blogger

Use the HTML Form widget builder below to create HTML gadgets, such as a contact form widget for Blogger. You can add multiple fields, customize the appearance, and preview the mobile look before embedding it on your site.

Learn more about the AI form generator, pros & cons, etc., in the Elfsight Form Builder review, and find more form builders in this article.

Scroll to top

Back-to-top or scroll-to-top widgets help users reach the top of the page by clicking or tapping the widget icon. Some Blogger themes come with built-in back-to-top gadgets. But if your existing theme does not, you do not have to change your theme. Use one of the back-to-top widgets below.

• Elfsight Back-to-Top
• CommonNinja Back to top
• Fouita Back to Top
• Powr Scroll to the Top

How to make a scroll-to-top widget for Blogger

Use the widget builder below to customize your widget.

Photo Gallery

Whether you run a photo, portfolio, eCommerce, or art blog on Blogger, you might want to add a photo gallery to your web pages. You can use photo widgets to create slideshows, showcase previous works & results, and promote products.

Since the Blogger widgets library does not include a photo gallery widget, you have to use a third-party service.

Here are some services:

• Elfsight’s Photo Gallery
• CommonNinja Image Gallery
• Fouita Image Gallery
• Powr Photo Gallery

How to add a photo gallery widget for Blogger

Use the widget builder below to configure a responsive photo gallery gadget and get the embed code.

Payment

Another widget that is not available in the Blogspot widgets library is a quality payment widget. If you want to sell your products and services on your Blogspot blog, you should use a high-quality, reliable, and high-converting payment widget.

There are many payment widgets available, including the PayPal button widget, Stripe Payments Checkout, and Paddle Checkout. However, suppose you want to develop a checkout form that provides extra features such as OTOs (One-Time Offers), coupon codes, affiliate management, and product delivery. In that case, you should use a third-party payment widget provider.

Here are some of the payment widget providers for Blogger:

• ThriveCart – Build high-converting checkout pages, integrate with PayPal, 2Checkout, Stripe, manage partnerships (JV contracts) & affiliates, and more.
• SamCart – A similar service to ThriveCart with features like product delivery and recurring payments.
• Paddle – Paddle collects payments through cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, etc., and pays you via PayPal, wire transfer, and Payoneer.
• Polar.sh – Another Stripe alternative (especially for non-supportive regions) with cart widget functionality.

Live Chat

A chat widget helps provide customer service, convert people into leads, and convince on-the-fence visitors to become clients in real time.

There are two live chat widget types:

• Social chat widgets
• Third-party chat widgets

Social live chat widgets use platforms such as Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, WeChat, and Viber to enable live chat functionality. If you use one of those widgets, people must have a registered account to start a conversation. Third-party chat widgets are custom-built, and users can send messages anonymously.

All-in-one Social Chat widget for Blogger

Elfsight’s All-in-one Chat widget is the ultimate social live chat widget you’d ever need. It supports Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, WeChat, Viber, Line, and RubleTalk platforms.

Use the widget builder below to design your chat widget.

Third-party chat widget providers

Here are several options if you are looking for a live chat provider for your Blogger. Note that these services allow users to send messages anonymously and provide additional features, such as email autoresponders, CRMs (Customer Relationship Management), and In-app messages.

1. Intercom
2. Gist
3. LiveAgent
4. Crip.chat
5. LiveChat
6. Tawk.to
7. Drift

Check out the Gist setup tutorial to find out how to add a Gist Chat widget to a website.

8 more valuable widgets for Blogger

Here are more widgets to use on your Google Blogger website.

1. Google Maps – Want to embed a Google Maps widget with multiple locations for your business? Use one of these interactive Google Maps widgets.
2. Website traffic tracker – Blogger lets you analyze website users through Google Analytics and provides basic stats. But if you want to use a simple way to display live visitor counts, you have to use a widget.
3. FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions gadget on Blogger can help boost conversions by displaying questions and answers that potential customers would otherwise have to contact you to get.
4. Events Calendar – Want to display a list of events on your site? Use one of these event calendar website widgets.
5. Social media contest widget – Online sweepstakes creators such as SweepWidget and UpViral let you embed a giveaway on a blog and run a campaign on your site.
6. Logo slider – Google Sites widgets library does not include a widget to display clients’ logos. You will have to use a logo slider widget or insert a logo collage graphic.
7. PDF embedder – You might want to embed a PDF file on your Blogger to showcase your resume, work portfolio, or media kit. In such cases, you will have to use a responsive PDF viewer plugin for websites. In case you want to embed files such as Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations, you should use a file viewer widget.
8. Before and After Slider – Demonstrate how your services and products impacted others using a Before/After Photo Slider. Ex: Construction work, House re-design gig, Flat Cleaning service, Dental service, and Hair designs

Check out our Website Widgets archive for more!

Related: The Complete Guide for Blogger SEO

Frequently Asked Questions

Final words on Best Blogger Widgets

Among many blogging platforms, Google’s Blogger (formerly Blogspot) is prominent for many reasons. The ability to add third-party widgets seamlessly and theme customization capabilities are certainly a few significant factors.

However, unlike WordPress, Blogger is limited in some areas. The inventory of quality widgets is one of them.

The truth is, when building and growing a site, you have to use multiple widgets to add different functionalities and features.

In this article, you found several Blogger widgets and plugins, as well as things to consider when using widgets on a Blogspot site.

So, which widgets do you find missing from this list of best Blogger widgets? Share your comments below.