Best post plugins for WordPress
The most popular post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Duplicator leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Header and Footer Scripts (200K+) and Post Type Switcher (200K+). All 1,379 plugins tagged “post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 post plugins
- 1.
Post DuplicatorThe most installed post plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 80 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.
Header and Footer Scripts200K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 58 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Post Type Switcher200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 255 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.Advanced Excerpt
80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 101 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.Add From Server
60K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 239 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 6.Revision Control
40K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 36 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Reveal IDs40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 61 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Themify Portfolio Post
30K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.WP Admin UI Customize
30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 59 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.WP-PostRatings
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 178 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 1,379 plugins tagged “post”

Post Duplicator
Up in the last 7 days:1#218by metaphorcreations5 days ago
Creates functionality to duplicate any and all post types, including taxonomies & custom fields. Perfect for developers and content creators.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(80)
- Downloads
- 3.8K/day

Header and Footer Scripts
Down in the last 7 days:1#247by Anand Kumar9 months ago
Header and Footer Scripts plugin allows you to add scripts to WordPress site's and just before closing tag.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.6(58)
- Downloads
- 449/day

Post Type Switcher
#269by John James Jacoby25 days ago
A simple way to change a post's type in WordPress
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(255)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
Advanced Excerpt
#541by WPKube3 months ago
Control the appearance of WordPress post excerpts
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.3(101)
- Downloads
- 296/day
Add From Server
Up in the last 7 days:2#683by Dion Hulse5 years ago
Add From Server is designed to help ease the pain of bad web hosts, allowing you to upload files via FTP or SSH and later import them into WordPress.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.6(239)
- Downloads
- 73/day
Revision Control
Up in the last 7 days:2#846by Dion Hulse8 years ago
Revision Control allows finer control over the Post Revision system included with WordPress
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.4(36)
- Downloads
- 43/day

Reveal IDs
#849by wpseek2 months ago
What this plugin does is to reveal most removed IDs on admin pages, as it was in versions prior to 2.5.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(61)
- Downloads
- 188/day
Themify Portfolio Post
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,041by themifyme3 months ago
Add a simple Portfolio post type to your site.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 109/day
WP Admin UI Customize
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,072by gqevu6bsiz1 year ago
Customize the management screen UI.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(59)
- Downloads
- 99/day
WP-PostRatings
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,111by Lester Chan2 months ago
Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress site's content.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(178)
- Downloads
- 130/day

Radio Buttons for Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,153by HelgaTheViking1 year ago
Replace the default taxonomy boxes with a custom metabox that uses radio buttons... effectively limiting each post to a single term in that taxonomy.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(50)
- Downloads
- 178/day

SEO Friendly Images
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,424by Vladimir Prelovac9 years ago
SEO Friendly Images automatically adds alt and title attributes to all your images improving traffic from search engines.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.0(59)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Hide Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,560by shahpranaf8 years ago
To Hide Featured Image on single post/page.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.6(81)
- Downloads
- 26/day
VK Post Author Display
#1,777by Hidekazu Ishikawa2 months ago
Display to Post Author Information Box on bottom of the contents.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 59/day

Unlist Posts & Pages
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,853by Nikhil Chavan5 months ago
Hide posts, pages or custom items from your site and make them accessible only with the direct link.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 50/day

XPoster
#1,948by Joe Dolson2 months ago
Posts to Bluesky, Mastodon or X when you update your WordPress blog or add a link, with your chosen URL shortening service.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.8(69)
- Downloads
- 87/day
Duplicate PP
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,978by Binsaifullah7 days ago
Duplicate PP is a simple plugin which allows you to duplicate any POST,PAGE and Custom POST TYPE Easily.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(20)
- Downloads
- 132/day
Public Post Preview Configurator
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,999by bjoerne5 years ago
Enables you to configure the 'public post preview' plugin with a user interface.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 126/day

WP Author, Date and Meta Remover
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,109by Johnnie5 years ago
Don't need the post date and author meta data on your pages? Install WP Author, Date and Meta Remover and its gone. It's that easy!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.2(25)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Custom Post Template
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,146by Simon Wheatley9 years ago
Provides a drop-down to select different templates for posts from the post edit screen. The templates replace single.php for the specified post.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(43)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Search and Replace
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,267by manu2252 months ago
Search and replace content into pages and posts
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.1(23)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Bulk Move
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,371by Sudar Muthu2 years ago
Move or remove posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(47)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Attachments
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,394by Jon Christopher10 months ago
Attachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(53)
- Downloads
- 50/day
ShowID for Post/Page/Category/Tag/Comment
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,495by 水野史土3 years ago
This plugin shows post/page/category/tag/comment/media/user IDs on admin's edit post/page/category/tag/comment/media/user pages.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Sticky Posts
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,927by Markus Wiesenhofer4 years ago
This plugin adds a sticky post switch functionality to the admin list post/custom post type pages.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Posts Like Dislike
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,937by Happy Coders1 month ago
Like Dislike for WordPress Posts | WordPress Page | Custom Post Types
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(23)
- Downloads
- 38/day
Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,970by ambrosite9 years ago
Upgrades the next/previous post link functions to reorder or loop adjacent post navigation links, display post thumbnails, and customize link format.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Auto Image Alt Attribute
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,002by jaggskrist7 years ago
Adds automatically alt attributes in image tag where alt attributes are missing or alt is empty.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Disable Author Pages
#3,004by Frank Neumann-Staude9 years ago
Disable the author pages
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Press This
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,037by WordPress.org2 months ago
Posting images, links, and cat gifs will never be the same.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.7(25)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Remove noreferrer
Down in the last 7 days:112#3,118by gruz05 years ago
"Remove noreferrer" automatically removes rel="noreferrer" attribute from links on your website on-the-fly.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Custom Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,154by marapper17 years ago
Manage custom fields using the insert shortcodes or HTML comment in text of post.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
WP Post Branches
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,291by horike8 years ago
WP Post Branches will create a private branch of an post in public. When you publish a branch, overwrite the original post.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 13/day
I Recommend This
#3,309by Harish Chouhan1 year ago
Enable your visitors to easily like or recommend your posts with a single click, enhancing engagement without the need for comments.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(38)
- Downloads
- 28/day
NS Featured Posts
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,469by Nilambar Sharma2 months ago
A plugin for making posts, pages, or custom post types featured. Users can enable/disable Featured flags for selected post types.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(29)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Companion Revision Manager
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,477by Papin Schipper1 year ago
Lightweight plugin that allows full control over post revisions.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Admin Collapse Subpages
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,497by bravokeyl7 years ago
Using this plugin one can easily collapse/expand pages with children and grand children.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Preserve Editor Scroll Position
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,591by Dominik Schilling9 years ago
Recovers the old scroll position in your Editor after saving. Either HTML or visual editor.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Korea SNS
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,634by Jongmyoung Kim2 years ago
Puts Korea social share buttons in post and page. support kakaotalk, naver (line, band, cafe), facebook, twitter, telegram
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Translation with DeepL API
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,661by malaiac4 months ago
Get DeepL translation magic into your WordPress Admin. Not affiliated with or endorsed by DeepL SE. DeepL® is a registered trademark of DeepL SE.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.0(29)
- Downloads
- 37/day

WP Hide Show Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,676by Galaxy Weblinks1 year ago
The plugin provides options to hide featured images from all posts and pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day

AI WP Writer
Down in the last 7 days:17#3,687by aipost18 days ago
Create high-quality SEO posts, articles, AI images, WooCommerce products. Autofill website. Rewrite and translate with AI. Gemini, chatGPT, Claude
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(23)
- Downloads
- 64/day

User Posts Limit
Up in the last 7 days:13#3,757by Condless2 months ago
Limit the number of posts user can create. Any post type.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 23/day
WP Emmet
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,814by rewish11 years ago
Emmet (ex-Zen Coding) for WordPress.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DX Delete Attached Media
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,908by Mario Peshev15 days ago
Automatically deletes attached media from posts and custom post types added via the Media button.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 64/day
Require Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:21#3,913by pressupinc6 years ago
Requires content you specify to have a featured image set before they can be published.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.9(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Category Sticky Post
Down in the last 7 days:11#3,954by Philip Arthur Moore9 years ago
Mark a post to be placed at the top of a specified category archive. It's sticky posts specifically for categories.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day
HeadSpace2 SEO
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,985by John Godley9 years ago
Controls almost every aspect of your site's meta-data, including advanced tagging, Analytics, and dozens of plugins. The best WordPress SEO solu …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 14/day

SEO Auto Linker
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,068by Arjan Olsder1 year ago
SEO Auto Linker assists in creating cornerstone SEO content. This is not a full replacement for SEO plugins.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Autoremove Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,132by Polygon Themes6 months ago
Remove child attachments when parent post, page or custom post type is deleted.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day