WordPress plugin comparison
Display Posts vs Posts per Cat
At a glance
- Display Posts has more active installs: 70K+, against 200+ for Posts per Cat.
- On a typical day, Display Posts is downloaded about 163 times, Posts per Cat about 5.
- Posts per Cat is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 8 reviews, against 4.8 from 164 reviews.
- Posts per Cat was updated more recently: May 12, 2025, against Oct 14, 2024 for Display Posts.
- Posts per Cat is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 6.6.11 for Display Posts.
- Posts per Cat has been around longer: since 2009, against 2011 for Display Posts.
Line by line
Display Posts leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Display Posts |  Posts per Cat |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #550 | #11,755 |
| Active installs | 70K+ | 200+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 4.9K | 84 |
| Rating | 4.8(164) | 5.0(8) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.6.11 | 6.8.12 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.21 | ×0.18 |
| Last release | 2 years ago | 1 year ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
More comparisons
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free