Best list posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular list posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Latest Posts Widget leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of list-posts WordPress Plugin (30+) and Posts by Search Query (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “list posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 list posts plugins
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Latest Posts WidgetThe most installed list posts plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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list-posts WordPress Plugin30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 3.
Posts by Search QueryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
All 4 plugins tagged “list posts”
Latest Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:70#23,531by ravidhu12 years ago
List the lastest posts from a category.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
list-posts WordPress Plugin
#24,578by BMLTGuy16 years ago
This is a a plugin that lists the latest posts on any page (or post). It does not use an iframe. It is extremely simple, and honors permissions and pa …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts by Search Query
#55,103by FirmCatalyst2 years ago
Implement a list of relevant posts to particular pages with a search query or exact list of posts. Easy pick and add. Print with the shortcode [fcppbk …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day