Best latest plugins for WordPress
The most popular latest plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Recent Posts leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Recent Comments (200+) and ETH Redirect to Latest Post (100+). All 26 plugins tagged “latest” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 latest plugins
- 1.
Recent PostsThe most installed latest plugin, with 500+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.2.
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Recent Comments200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.2.
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ETH Redirect to Latest Post100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Get Post100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 5.
Stealth Update100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Featured Podcast Widget60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Newstastic Post Slider50+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.0.
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Latest Posts with Order Option20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
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Latest Spotify Activity10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Simple Latest Posts Shortcode10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 26 plugins tagged “latest”
Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1#9,092by RobMarsh18 years ago
Displays a list of recent posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Comments
Up in the last 7 days:49#12,521by RobMarsh18 years ago
Displays a list of recent comments.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ETH Redirect to Latest Post
Up in the last 7 days:139#13,936by Erick Hitter9 months ago
Redirect a chosen slug, "latest" by default, to, well, the most-recently-published post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Get Post
Up in the last 7 days:34#14,614by jtatum15 years ago
Get Post adds a tag that allows you to retrieve and display the latest post identified by a specific set of parameters.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stealth Update
Down in the last 7 days:37#16,377by Scott Reilly10 years ago
Adds the ability to update a post without having WordPress automatically update the post's post_modified timestamp.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Podcast Widget
Down in the last 7 days:77#19,931by Richard Farrar10 years ago
A widget that enables you to display your latest podcast from a category or featured podcast utilising the PowerPress plugin's default player.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Newstastic Post Slider
Up in the last 7 days:48#21,126by David Henry12 years ago
A quick way to display your recent posts on any page with a slider for paging.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.3(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Posts with Order Option
Down in the last 7 days:709#28,248by Gravuj Miklos Henrich13 years ago
Widget for listing your latest posts in the order you choose from widget options.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Spotify Activity
Down in the last 7 days:1,572#31,400by Justin DoCanto15 years ago
A simple widget that displays your Spotify activity on your site. Powered by Spotify's built-in 'Last.fm Scrobble' functionality.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Latest Posts Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:410#32,305by mkerstner11 years ago
A simple plugin for rendering latest post previews in a list view using shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cubecolour New Plugins
Up in the last 7 days:50#34,061by cubecolour1 year ago
Adds "New" and "Beta Testing" tabs to the "Add Plugins" admin page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recently registered widget
Up in the last 7 days:5,782#36,690by Tomek11 years ago
List of recently registered users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Just Ticker
#38,987by potasiyam13 years ago
Adds a ticker bar to your wordpress site which will show your recent post headlines.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Post Link
Up in the last 7 days:3,150#40,078by strange_attractor14 years ago
Adds commands that give you the permalink and title of the most recent post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buddypress Gifts latest 2014
Up in the last 7 days:120#40,556by amitray11 years ago
Latest development of popular plugin Buddypress Gifts. Send a gift image and message to user in BuddyPress profile using activity stream function.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author
Up in the last 7 days:3,095#41,583by Simon Goodchild16 years ago
Displays most recently logged in members and optionally link to Private Message if logged in. Requires BuddyPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Video
Up in the last 7 days:5,740#41,761by CodeFlavor9 years ago
A widget that shows the latest post that contains video embedded with iframe.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fancy Latest Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:7,045#44,500by Juan_Mojica11 years ago
Display the latest post with Animated effects in your sidebar or content, select an animation effect for the Thumbnail, Title, Content and Read More.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Melabu WP Latest Posts Slides
Up in the last 7 days:2,010#45,038by prod3v3loper8 years ago
Powerfull Slider and space saving widget slider for latest-, recent- or related-posts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Latest Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4,446#47,528by Ko Min15 years ago
Show the latest posts from all blogs in multisite Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sup Post Widget
#48,271by UspDev11 years ago
Is a plugin where you can display the number of popular posts, latest and random post with thumbnail image on your sidebar or page/post using short co …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Posts Columns Block
#55,242by tishonator5 months ago
The "Recent Posts Columns Block" plugin is a plugin that introduces a new Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Github Release
Down in the last 7 days:19,409#73,180by laurencebahiirwa4 years ago
Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with a shortcode [latest_github_release user="github" repo="hub"]
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day