7 Of The Best ChatGPT Plugins And How To Use Them
If you’ve been using ChatGPT for quite some time now, you already know that ithas some limitations. It can’t browse the web, extract data from documents and YouTube videos, make diagrams or CSV files, or convert text to speech, among many other things. Previously, you’d need to look elsewhere to do such tasks, but that was before OpenAI announced the arrival ofChatGPT pluginsinlate March.
Plugins function similarly to Chrome extensions, providing ChatGPT with a wider functionality. They can be installed directly from the ChatGPT plugin store and turned on or off when needed. There’s already a growing number of plugins available in the store, so to make it easier for you, we’ve compiled a list of seven of the best ones you need to try.
A little disclaimer, though: While the plugins themselves are free, they are only accessible toChatGPT Plususers. To be able to install and use them, you’d need to upgrade your account first.
If you’re looking to earn a degree, upgrade your skills, or simply learn something new, chances are you’ve browsed through Coursera to find the perfect course to take. This online learning platform gives you access to both brief and in-depth programs from almost 300 universities and companies. However, with the thousands of courses on the site, finding the right one can get too overwhelming. If you want to limit your search to only a handful of options, try the Coursera ChatGPT plugin instead.
This plugin was released on July 21, 2025, as part of ChatGPT’s efforts to “serve learners off-platform.” It provides you with course recommendations, complete with a short description of the said course and a direct link to it to help you get started right away. Here’s how to use this ChatGPT plugin:
ChatGPT will then use this handy plugin to provide you with a short list of courses (typically less than ten).
Generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney rely heavily on the prompts users feed into them. The more detailed the prompt is, the better the generated AI results will be. Unfortunately, with this tech being fairly new to consumers, you’re probably among the many who are still getting the hang of coming up with prompts. That’s where Promptest comes into the picture. Promptest helps you create high-quality prompts not only by rewriting the prompt for you, but by also teaching you how to improve these prompts yourself. The plugin comes with four main features:
Here are the steps to use Promptest:
Talk With Docs
Reading is all fun and all, but if you’re a student or professional who’s drowning in a mountain of documents you need to read by tomorrow, you’re probably looking for a faster way to go through all those files. Talk With Docs can do exactly that and more. This ChatGPT plugin allows you to interact with your documents in a conversational way. you’re able to ask questions about the file’s content, retrieve specific data from a file, or get a summary of the entire content. Talk With Docs supports different file types, including PDF, TXT, CSV, PPT, EPUB, and RTF. Follow these steps to use this plugin:
The response will include Talk With Docs' answer to your query, along with a link in case you want to delete your document from the plugin’s server. Simply click this link, and the file will immediately be deleted.
ReviewReader
ReviewReader is a frequent online shopper’s best friend. Offering a comprehensive summary of reviews for any Amazon product, this ChatGPT plugin will make it easier to decide whether an item is worth it without needing to sift through the reviews yourself.
There are two main things you can do with ReviewReader: get a review synopsis of a single product or a comparison between two or more products. The single-product review synopsis includes the average star rating, a bulleted list of key points drawn from customer feedback, and a brief wrap-up. The comparison synopsis, on the other hand, offers you a short overview of the price, pros and cons of each item, and a brief wrap-up of which is best for what situation.
Follow these steps to use the ReviewReader ChatGPT plugin:
Video Captions
The aptly named Video Captions plugin can transcribe YouTube videos for you. It’s one of the best ChatGPT plugins to install if you’re hard of hearing, if understand things better when you read them, or if you just want a transcribed text to refer back to after watching a long video. However, while Video Captions is named as such, it can actually do more than simply provide transcriptions to your YouTube link. you may also use it to ask questions about the video and even get a summary or a list of key ideas.
Here’s how to use Video Captions in ChatGPT:
There are dozens of text-to-speech (TTS) sites and apps you can use to convert your written text to spoken words. But if you prefer staying right within ChatGPT, the Speechki plugin can help with that. Speechki is a TTS tool for transforming a ChatGPT response or your custom text into natural-sounding audio. It supports over 80 languages and dialects with at least 100 speakers to choose from.
Here are the steps to use the Speechki ChatGPT plugin:
After Speechki performs the conversion, click on the link to the audio provided in the response. This will redirect you to your Speechki account, where the audio is uploaded. You can listen to it and download it from there.
PlaylistAI
Need to set the atmosphere with the right music but don’t have an existing playlist that matches the mood? With PlaylistAI, you won’t have to go through the trouble of making your own from scratch. It can collate the perfect songs for you andprovide you with a ready-to-play Spotify playlistthat you can sing your heart out to. The generated playlist depends on your prompt, and you can be as specific as you want. You may mention the artist(s), year(s), number of songs, duration of the playlist, and purpose of the playlist (e.g., for road trips, workout sessions, dinner dates).
To use PlaylistAI in ChatGPT, here’s what you need to do:
