WordPress plugin comparison

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor vs User Submitted Posts

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor

by aharonyan

100+ installs5.0

User Submitted Posts

by Jeff Starr

10K+ installs4.8

At a glance

User Submitted Posts has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.
On a typical day, User Submitted Posts is downloaded about 306 times, Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor about 16.
Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 22 reviews, against 4.8 from 913 reviews.
User Submitted Posts was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Feb 16, 2026 for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.
User Submitted Posts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.
User Submitted Posts has been around longer: since 2011, against 2020 for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.

User Submitted Posts leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor	User Submitted Posts
Popular rank	#14,667	#1,545
Active installs	100+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	491	12.6K
Rating	5.0(22)	4.8(913)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.29	×1.14
Last release	8 months ago	10 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	5.6.20

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