Best latest articles plugins for WordPress
The most popular latest articles plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LATEST-POST-NEW leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Top Posts for Google Analytics by Asentechllc (10+) and Latest News, Posts, Articles (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “latest articles” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 latest articles plugins
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LATEST-POST-NEWThe most installed latest articles plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Top Posts for Google Analytics by Asentechllc10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Latest News, Posts, ArticlesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 3 plugins tagged “latest articles”
LATEST-POST-NEW
#40,651by Uvais13 years ago
Using Recent post widget You can select the post type from available custom post type or post and display it in side bar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Top Posts for Google Analytics by Asentechllc
Down in the last 7 days:2,279#45,673by Asentech, LLC7 years ago
Display most read articles from fetching google analytics API
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest News, Posts, Articles
Down in the last 7 days:5,201#65,399by Ferdaus Alom11 months ago
Display responsive latest news, posts, feeds, or articles anywhere on your WordPress site. Easy to use with shortcode support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day