Best published plugins for WordPress
The most popular published plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Date Published Shortcode leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Filter Admin Published Default (400+) and WP Post Demo (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “published” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 published plugins
- 1.
Date Published ShortcodeThe most installed published plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 2.
Filter Admin Published Default400+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
WP Post Demo10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.
wpPostPageManager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 5.
CC-Disable-DateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
PublishedFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.
Streak WPFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
All 8 plugins tagged “published”
Date Published Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:22#9,301by 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
Filter Admin Published Default
Up in the last 7 days:117#9,566by Chuck Reynolds2 months ago
Enables all public post types (posts, pages, and any CPT with a public URL) in wp-admin to show the Published filter by default.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Post Demo
Down in the last 7 days:230#33,872by momen20099 years ago
Plug-in to create simple to post demo page that is already published.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wpPostPageManager
Up in the last 7 days:5,281#40,118by ceaksan6 years ago
Enables to add post type links (posts, pages, custom post types etc) and to change the titles in admin main menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC-Disable-Date
Up in the last 7 days:1,703#67,024by Clearcode9 years ago
This plugin allows you to selectively remove the publication date from blog posts and posts listing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Published
Down in the last 7 days:14,168#70,519by Brad Parbs5 years ago
A WordPress plugin to quickly and easily view all your published posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Streak WP
Down in the last 7 days:12,617#73,480by jay venka2 years ago
Display a chart of published post activity on your dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day