Best post info plugins for WordPress
The most popular post info plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Post Notes leads with 9K+ active installs, ahead of Plugmint (fewer than 10) and SSM Xtra Post Info (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “post info” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 post info plugins
- 1.
Simple Post NotesThe most installed post info plugin, with 9K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
PlugmintFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
SSM Xtra Post InfoFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.Beans Simple Edits
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 4 plugins tagged “post info”

Simple Post Notes
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,251by Kuba Mikita1 year ago
Adds simple notes to post, page and custom post type edit screen.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Plugmint
#70,350by MD.Ridwan11 months ago
A lightweight plugin to add private admin-only notes to posts, pages, products and on any custom post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SSM Xtra Post Info
#71,478by bmeisler8 years ago
A very simple plugin that shows a thumbnail of a post's featured image when you are in the Posts/All Posts view mode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Beans Simple Edits
#73,067by Jeff Cleverley8 years ago
A plugin to let you edit three of the most commonly modified areas in any Beans theme: the post-info (byline), the post-meta, and the footer area.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day