Most "best Figma plugins" lists are one person's favourites. This one sorts Figma Community plugins by the job they do, so you can find the right tool for the task in front of you. Below are the essentials for each job, the 50 most-used plugins overall, and a list for every use case.
Start here
If you only install a handful of plugins, start with the most-used option for each of these jobs. Each one links to the full list, where you'll find alternatives that might suit your workflow better.
By use case
There's a list below for every job. Pick the one you're trying to do.
speeding up everyday Figma work
See the top picksrenaming, sorting and cleaning up layers
See the top pickstables and spreadsheet data
See the top pickscharts and data visualisation
See the top picksflowcharts, user flows and connector arrows
See the top picksrealistic placeholder content and mock data
See the top pickstranslation and localisation
See the top picksanimation and motion design
See the top picksGIFs and video export
See the top picksprototyping and user testing
See the top pickswireframes and low-fidelity layouts
See the top picksimporting and exporting files
See the top picksPDF export and print-ready files
See the top picksicons
See the top picksillustrations
See the top picksstock photos and images
See the top picksremoving image backgrounds
See the top picksdevice and print mockups
See the top pickscolour palettes and colour tools
See the top picksgradients and mesh gradients
See the top pickstypography and fonts
See the top picksnoise, texture, glass and shadow effects
See the top picksseamless patterns and repeat grids
See the top picksSVG, vector paths and image tracing
See the top picks3D objects and isometric designs
See the top picksmaps and location data
See the top picksgraphic design and visual assets
See the top picksOverall ranking
Popularity isn't the same as quality, but a plugin with hundreds of thousands of users has survived a lot of real projects, gets updated, and has answers online when something breaks.
Remove the background of images automatically with just a single click.
Free + paid · 17K likes
Instant easy access to the entire Material Design Icons library
Free + paid · 12K likes
Export designs to clean, responsive code or turn Figma screens into AI apps and prototypes.
Free · 23K likes
Design layouts more efficiently by pulling text strings, images, and icons.
Free · 16K likes
Free · 12K likes
Easily create tables that can be edited, resized and maintained using your design system
Free · 6.5K likes
Load your 3D models, set your view and materials as you desire and export it to a frame!
Free + paid · 10K likes
Free · 2.9K likes
Generate dynamic seamless noise, textures, patterns and animated shaders. Add compound effects.
Free · 15K likes
Iconoir Icon Set is an open source library of 1,188 icons. Free to use in all your designs!
Free · 1.4K likes
Convert your Figma design to HTML code in seconds with Framer.
Free · 11K likes
Create mockups with 3D clay-style device models. Customize the color, camera angle, and device model
Free · 4.6K likes
Convert Figma designs to code in a flash: React, React Native, Flutter, HTML/CSS, Angular, Next, Vue
Free · 5.3K likes
Fix Color Contrast and Typography issues and add WCAG annotations for a smooth design to dev handoff
Free · 10K likes
Export to Sketch, XD, After Effects, PSD, InDesign — or — Import XD, Illustrator, PSD, InDesign, PDF
Free + paid · 5.1K likes
Quickly check and scan for contrast issues on gradients, images, blends, and fills.
Free · 8.3K likes
Export/downsize compressed JPG, PNG, SVG, WebP, GIF, WebM, MP4, AVIF and PDF image files from Figma
Free + paid · 4.6K likes
Animate your Figma designs, export to video / GIF / Lottie, handoff animation specs to developers
Free · 12K likes
Turn your Figma designs into animated slide decks or export them to PowerPoint/PDF
Free + paid · 5.9K likes
Free · 2.4K likes
A free suite of integrated Color & Accessibility tools - 10+ tools free access 🔥
Free · 3.9K likes
Free · 4.6K likes
Quick apply a top, left or right perspective or using the modal to modify your layer.
Free · 5.5K likes
Search through 5,000,000+ pixel-perfect icons, stickers and vectors (from Freepik)
Free + paid · 1.9K likes
From the maker
We also build Figma plugins. They're free to start, they sit outside the rankings above, and each one covers a job we kept doing by hand.
figmaplugins.co started as the home for our own plugins. Each one fixes a job we kept doing by hand.
Autospec
Auto-generate design specs in one click
Instancer
Generate every component combination in one click
Table Creator
Import tables from Excel, CSV, or Google Sheets
Snappattern
Generate seamless patterns and grids
Skletons
Turn frames into skeleton loaders
FlowConnect
Connect frames with smart flow arrows
Flippy
GIF maker and flipbook animation tool
Palleter
Generate harmonious color palettes
Mock Master AI
AI-powered mock data and avatars
Annomate
Annotation and dev handoff tool
Variable Master
Manage design tokens and variables
FAQ
html.to.design (import any website into Figma) is the most-used Figma plugin, followed closely by Figma to Code and Icons8. All three have more than two million users.
A good starter kit covers icons, placeholder content, contrast checking and layer clean-up, because those come up on nearly every project. The essentials block above picks the most-used plugin for each of those jobs. Add code-export or mockup plugins once your work needs them.
Most of them, including the majority of the top 50. Some popular ones, especially code export and AI tools, charge for advanced features. See the best free Figma plugins.
Yes. If you think one is missing from a list it clearly belongs to, reach out through our Figma Community profile.