Best post formats plugins for WordPress
The most popular post formats plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bulk Convert Post Format leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of IFTTT Post Formats & Post Types (60+) and Better Formats (20+). All 14 plugins tagged “post formats” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 post formats plugins
- 1.
Bulk Convert Post FormatThe most installed post formats plugin, with 70+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 8 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
IFTTT Post Formats & Post Types60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.0.
- 3.
Better Formats20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 4.
McNinja Post Styles20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 5.
Ruven Themes10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 6.
Diasposter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 7.
Post Format Options10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 8.
Restore Post Format Icons10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 9.
Ephemera Widget10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.
Ambrosite Post Formats Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 14 plugins tagged “post formats”
Bulk Convert Post Format
Down in the last 7 days:872#19,051by Razorfrog Web Design6 days ago
Bulk convert posts in a category to a selected post format.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
IFTTT Post Formats & Post Types
Down in the last 7 days:42#19,064by Justin Sternberg10 years ago
Set a post format or post type for your IFTTT-created posts via a post format or post type category.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Formats
Up in the last 7 days:285#25,411by Dutch van Andel13 years ago
Improves the UI for WordPress's built-in post formats.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
McNinja Post Styles
#27,163by TomHarrigan12 years ago
It's like Post Formats, but actually useful. Every post is unique, start treating them that way.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ruven Themes
#32,941by Ruven12 years ago
RT Post Formats UI provides a UI for post formats.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Diasposter
#37,540by Meitar11 years ago
Diasposter cross-posts your WordPress entries to Diaspora. Changes to your WordPress posts are reflected in your Diaspora posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Format Options
Up in the last 7 days:5,466#41,223by Taylor Lovett13 years ago
Easily disable post formats or allow certain roles access to only certain formats.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restore Post Format Icons
Down in the last 7 days:7,171#42,934by Sergey Biryukov5 years ago
Restores post format icons in list tables, removed in WordPress 5.2.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ephemera Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5,270#45,664by Sergey Biryukov9 years ago
Makes Twenty Fourteen's Ephemera Widget available in any other theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
Disable Post Format UI
Down in the last 7 days:2,893#46,588by Justin Tadlock13 years ago
Disables the post format UI on the edit post screen.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Format Block
#46,620by Aaron Jorbin5 years ago
Adds a Post Format Block as a variation of the core/post-terms block.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Formats for Block Themes
#64,481by Courtney Robertson2 months ago
Bring post formats to block themes with auto-detection, format-specific patterns, and Chat Log block for displaying conversation transcripts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day