Best post format plugins for WordPress
The most popular post format plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ytSubscribe leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Easy News Ticker (30+) and TSW Custom Listing (20+). All 10 plugins tagged “post format” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 post format plugins
- 1.
ytSubscribeThe most installed post format plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 2.
Easy News Ticker30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.
TSW Custom Listing20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 4.
Post Format Gallery Widget20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 5.
Formataway10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
Better Post Formats10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Set Aside10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 8.
Post Video Metabox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
Post By Email Links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
Ambrosite Post Formats Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 10 plugins tagged “post format”
ytSubscribe
Up in the last 7 days:37#22,157by My Coding Tricks10 years ago
Automatically Add Youtube Subscribe Button Below each Video WordPress Plugin
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy News Ticker
#25,066by ifte.hsn201311 years ago
Easy news ticker is a tiny news ticker plugin that scroll the list infinitely vertically.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
TSW Custom Listing
Up in the last 7 days:152#27,963by tradesouthwest5 years ago
TSW custom Listing makes a post type file available for using in Larrys List theme as a custom post type for posting listings to the theme.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Format Gallery Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8#28,401by Eduardo Zulian13 years ago
Display in a widget images from your galleries saved under the post format Gallery.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Formataway
Down in the last 7 days:826#34,389by Bilal Akil9 years ago
Formataway lets you exclude selected post formats from your post index page's main query.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Post Formats
Up in the last 7 days:5,750#39,024by RGB Lab1 month ago
Real audio, video, gallery, link and quote content in place of featured images, in classic and block themes. Just like any premium WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Set Aside
Up in the last 7 days:1,934#42,741by Martin Lormes15 years ago
Change the post format on all posts in one category. Useful when you switch from styling "Asides" based on category to the new post formats.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Post Video Metabox
Up in the last 7 days:2,178#45,412by palagorn.p6 years ago
Add Video URL Metabox to the post format video and show the video player in the single post thumbnail which can click to play on the thumbnail.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post By Email Links
Down in the last 7 days:3,896#45,482by Barry Ceelen10 years ago
Create new posts with the 'link' post format by sending an email with a URL or link as the body.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ambrosite Post Formats Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2,132#45,925by ambrosite14 years ago
A list or dropdown of Post Format archives. Works much the same as the Categories widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day