Best posts plugins for WordPress
1,272 plugins tagged “posts” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:11#8,483by Aphotrax3 years ago
View your uptime stats/logs within WordPress (dashboard), and if desired on pages, posts or in a widget.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.1(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Text Expander
Down in the last 7 days:3#8,492by hedge11 years ago
Allows you to define areas of text that expand/collapse when clicked.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
GUI for List Category Posts
Down in the last 7 days:8#8,498by zymeth253 years ago
This plugin adds a graphical shortcode creator for the List Category Posts plugin, accessible via the "LCP" button in WordPress editor.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Loop Post Navigation Links
Up in the last 7 days:32#8,503by Scott Reilly6 years ago
Template tags (for use in single.php) to create post navigation loop (previous to first post is last post; next/after last post is first post).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Archive Posts Sort Customize
Down in the last 7 days:19#8,697by gqevu6bsiz11 years ago
Customize the display order of the list of Archive Posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Edit Lock
Down in the last 7 days:14#8,709by doublejar4 years ago
Disable page editing on selected pages, to protect the pages from accidental or unwanted changes that might break your site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Clean Archives Reloaded
Down in the last 7 days:66#8,895by Automattic14 years ago
A slick, Javascript enhanced post archive list generator.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Updated Date
Down in the last 7 days:9#8,936by Ataul Ghani1 year ago
Use Post Updated Date Plugin to display the Last Updated Date in WordPress Posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.7(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ACF Recent Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:220#9,044by magicoders3 years ago
ACF Recent Posts Widget (ACFRPW) is a WordPress plugin which adds a custom, extended Recent Posts Widget - with ACF and Meta Keys support
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1#9,092by RobMarsh18 years ago
Displays a list of recent posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Colored Admin Post List
Down in the last 7 days:13#9,197by rockschtar1 month ago
Color-code your admin post list by post status. Instantly spot drafts, pending reviews, scheduled, private, and published posts at a glance.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Date Published Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:16#9,310by jonahhoj4 years ago
Automatically puts in the date that the post was published, using the shortcode [post_published].
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tabs in Post Editor
Down in the last 7 days:26#9,339by Aaron Butacov13 years ago
Write code in the WP post editor? Hate not being able to use [tab]s? Now you can.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:9#9,358by Nick Momrik11 years ago
Retrieves a list of the most recent posts.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Jarvis
Down in the last 7 days:4#9,446by WDG3 years ago
Jarvis is your admin assistant, putting WordPress at your fingertips via a quicksearch interface.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Post Expiration
Down in the last 7 days:71#9,524by Syed Balkhi10 years ago
A simple plugin that allows you to set an expiration date on posts. Once a post is expired, "Expired" will be prefixed to the post title.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Enhanced Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:36#9,765by Vincent Mimoun-Prat12 years ago
Enhance the built-in "Recent Posts" widget.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page List Widget
Up in the last 7 days:29#9,839by nigauri6 years ago
This is a widget plugin. This widget will display a list of posts/pages.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Home Categories
Up in the last 7 days:29#9,920by msng13 years ago
Filters the categories of posts shown on your front page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Starred Posts
Down in the last 7 days:61#9,972by innocuo7 years ago
Mark posts, pages and custom posts in your WordPress admin; pretty similar to the stars feature in Gmail.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ajax Dropdowns
Up in the last 7 days:42#10,132by ThemeBoy10 years ago
Display a group of posts that can be switched using dropdowns.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Specific CSS/JS for Posts and Pages
Down in the last 7 days:2#10,181by techtastico16 years ago
With Specific CSS/JS for Posts and Pages you can add CSS or JavaScript files to a specific page or post.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Related Posts
#10,298by Ays Pro6 months ago
This plugin allows you to display related posts with widget or under the post with advanced options.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Oshirase Ichiran
Up in the last 7 days:317#10,305by Recolon3 months ago
Display a news/notice list anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode. Designed for Japanese WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Featured Post with thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:57#10,312by Giustino Borzacchiello14 years ago
A really simple way of putting featured posts on your website.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flexible Recent Posts
Up in the last 7 days:7#10,316by Paul Annekov11 years ago
Displays recent posts using flexible template system. Define template for each post entry, set needed taxonomy and much more.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Posts
Up in the last 7 days:3#10,372by RobMarsh9 years ago
Displays a list of random posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fast Page Switch
Up in the last 7 days:72#10,549by Marc Wiest6 years ago
Save time switching between posts of any post-type in wp-admin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recently
Up in the last 7 days:4#10,677by Hector Cabrera28 days ago
A highly customizable, feature-packed Recent Posts widget!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Admin filter posts by year
Down in the last 7 days:4#10,710by gilles661 year ago
In your admin area, this plugin offers the avaibility to filter your posts by YEARS and not only by MONTHS OF YEARS.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Insights
Down in the last 7 days:37#10,761by Vladimir Prelovac12 years ago
Insights allows you to quickly access and insert information (links, images, videos, maps..) into your blog posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Automatic Featured Image Posts
Up in the last 7 days:57#10,786by Jeremy Felt13 years ago
Automatic Featured Image Posts creates a new post with a Featured Image every time an image is uploaded.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5#10,793by Teja Amilineni12 years ago
Category Post widget displays posts from a specific category. Number of posts to be displayed can be customized.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget
Up in the last 7 days:24#10,899by rajros8 years ago
Display list of recent posts and latest posts or random posts using the [recentposts-sc] shortcode in any page or in sidebar widgets.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Auto Publish Drafts
Up in the last 7 days:13#11,146by Wong Siong Kiat4 years ago
Automatically publish drafts every 5 minutes silently in the background.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

azurecurve Flags
Down in the last 7 days:2#11,192by azurecurve6 years ago
Allows a 16x16 flag to be displayed in a post or page using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Duplicator Plus
Down in the last 7 days:45#11,262by Md Yakub Mizan5 months ago
Duplicate a post or page with one click. Simple plugin. Just a few lines of code.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:98#11,263by Ady Romantika13 years ago
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Force Delete Posts
Down in the last 7 days:29#11,370by Liam Stewart1 month ago
Deleting Posts has never been so fast! This lightweight plugin adds the ability for administrators to instantly delete posts by adding a Force Delete …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
i-Divi Post Settings
Up in the last 7 days:23#11,405by dangub868 years ago
The plugin add some fields in Divi Theme Customizer for setting your favorite default post, page and project settings. Once you have set them when you …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Per Page Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:46#11,407by Internet12314 years ago
Control widget areas on a per-page / per-post basis.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Urdu Keyboard
Up in the last 7 days:9#11,532by Zayed Baloch2 years ago
Easily write Urdu unicode on WordPress without installing Urdu keyboard on your system.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Theme Blvd News Scroller Widget
Up in the last 7 days:5#11,561by Jason13 years ago
This plugin is a simple widget with slider that rotates through posts of specified category.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pending Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:76#11,589by keha13 years ago
Show the number of pending posts waiting for approval in the admin menu, if any. Also automatically supports custom post types.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Theme
Down in the last 7 days:25#11,653by CyanSmoker14 years ago
Specify the theme (not template, that is already taken care of by Wordpress) you wish to use with each given page or blog post.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Most Read Posts in XX days
Down in the last 7 days:52#11,742by Claudio Simeone7 years ago
A simple plugin that counts and shows hits for each Post and Page in your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Random Posts
Down in the last 7 days:24#11,754by yakuphan9 years ago
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts per Cat
Down in the last 7 days:208#11,755by Aleksandar Urošević1 year ago
Group recent posts by category and show them inside boxes organized to columns.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Advanced Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:43#11,765by darrinb10 years ago
A powerful and flexible recent posts widget for WordPress for displaying customized content lists. Supports all custom post types and taxonomies!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Multilingual Sitemap
Up in the last 7 days:5#11,766by adiaz16 years ago
Allows creating complete multilingual sitemaps of your entire blog.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day