Best recently viewed posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular recently viewed posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Arewa Recently Viewed Content (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “recently viewed posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 recently viewed posts plugins
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Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginnerThe most installed recently viewed posts plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Arewa Recently Viewed Content10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “recently viewed posts”
Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner
Down in the last 7 days:76#9,256by jottlieb1 year ago
This shows your site's visitors a personalized list of posts and pages they have recently viewed.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Arewa Recently Viewed Content
Up in the last 7 days:666#42,535by arewadev1 month ago
Track and display recently viewed content for both logged-in and guest users with automatic history sync and multiple layout options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day