Best single post plugins for WordPress
The most popular single post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Current Menu Item for Custom Post Types leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Single Post Widget (200+) and Embedded Posts (50+). All 11 plugins tagged “Single post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 single post plugins
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Current Menu Item for Custom Post TypesThe most installed single post plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Single Post Widget200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Embedded Posts50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Single Post Query Loop Selector50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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WP Single Post Navigation Within Category40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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Hide Title Post Page10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
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Tekserve Single Post Shortcode10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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single shortcode10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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MP Post Navigation10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Posts ContributorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 11 plugins tagged “Single post”
Current Menu Item for Custom Post Types
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,533by Roland Murg1 year ago
Allows you to highlight the current menu item by assigning a page to a custom post type.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Single Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:51#11,173by LibraFire8 years ago
Display a single post in your sidebar
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Embedded Posts
Up in the last 7 days:550#20,637by Cooperative IT10 days ago
Display related posts, pages or CPTs by category, tag or author - or embed any single post, page or CPT anywhere on your site.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Single Post Query Loop Selector
Down in the last 7 days:43#20,827by Creative Andrew2 years ago
A Query Loop block variation that allows to search and select a single post to be displayed.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Single Post Navigation Within Category
Down in the last 7 days:27#21,493by mhopps15 years ago
The plugin adds navigation links on a signle post to the previous or next post within the current category
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Title Post Page
Up in the last 7 days:234#29,796by Rizvi3 years ago
This plugin allows authors to hide the title tag on single pages and posts via the edit post screen.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Tekserve Single Post Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:850#46,010by bangerkuwranger13 years ago
Wordpress plugin to create a shortcode and widget for showing the title, post info, excerpt, and thumbnail for a single post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
single shortcode
#46,063by attosoft15 years ago
[single] shortcode outputs content only if single page is displayed. Useful for hiding table of contents, footnotes, relative links from excerpt.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MP Post Navigation
Up in the last 7 days:2,013#46,183by manipovore9 years ago
The plugin adds navigation links between articles of same category. Optimized for responsive, SEO and ergonomics.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts Contributors
Up in the last 7 days:2,775#54,810by Abdul Hadi5 years ago
This is a simple posts contributors for WordPress posts plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hannan Shakib Dynamic Single Post Template
Down in the last 7 days:3,472#74,027by hannanshakib4 months ago
A highly professional, fully customizable dynamic override template designed specifically for Single Post, Category, Tag, and Author pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day