Best category post plugins for WordPress
The most popular category post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post List Designer leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Bake Posts (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “category post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 category post plugins
- 1.
Post List DesignerThe most installed category post plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
Bake Posts20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 2 plugins tagged “category post”
Post List Designer
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,904by InfornWeb28 days ago
Display WordPress Post on your website in a List or Archive list view. Display category post, archive post, recent post and post list with category.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Bake Posts
Down in the last 7 days:19#26,348by wpnaga7 years ago
Bake Post can be used to display recent posts and posts from particular category and tags. (Not compatible for Multisites)
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day