Best previous posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular previous posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Next leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Previous Next Posts (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “previous posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 previous posts plugins
- 1.
Post NextThe most installed previous posts plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Previous Next Posts10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
All 2 plugins tagged “previous posts”
Post Next
#25,169by PluginOps8 years ago
Adds interactive sticky next post popup/optin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Previous Next Posts
#42,497by andrewed4 years ago
Add a shortcode that outputs HTML markup with the next and previous posts for the current blog post the user is viewing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day