Post creation, duplication and editorial access
Post-focused plugins support creating content, sharing drafts for review and working with block-based tools.
- Post Duplicator: Duplicates post types, including their taxonomies and custom fields.
- Public Post Preview: Lets anonymous users preview a draft before publication.
- GenerateBlocks: Offers a collection of lightweight WordPress blocks for building content.
Displaying, discovering and organizing posts
These plugins help surface popular or related content and create filtered post listings.
- WP Popular Posts: Provides a customizable way to display popular posts.
- YARPP: Displays related posts using an algorithm and built-in caching.
- List category posts: Lists posts by category, tag, author and more in a post, page or widget; its shortcode selects the posts.
- Display Posts: Creates content listings with a shortcode and filters such as category or author. Related tags also point to common contexts: categories appear alongside 60 plugins, widgets alongside 109, and shortcodes alongside 51.
Post metadata, reading details and publishing workflows
Plugins in this group modify, reveal or distribute different kinds of post information.
- WP Meta and Date Remover: Removes author and date information from posts and pages.
- Reading Time WP: Adds estimated reading time above post content or through a shortcode.
- JSM Show Post Metadata: Displays post metadata, including custom fields, in an editing metabox.
- WP Telegram: Integrates a WordPress site with Telegram, representing a distribution-focused use of post-related tools.
What the Posts category’s reach and maintenance numbers mean
The category offers broad choice, but relatively few plugins reach high installation thresholds, and recent maintenance is not common across the category.
There are 1,074 plugins in Posts, while 5 have at least 100,000 active installs and 22 have at least 10,000. That concentration means the category includes many options beyond its most widely installed plugins; install counts alone do not describe how well a plugin fits a particular workflow.
Only 19% of plugins were updated in the last year. Among the listed plugins, several were updated this month, while YARPP and WP Admin UI Customize were last updated 23 months ago and Display Posts 24 months ago. Update intervals are one useful point to weigh alongside a plugin’s stated purpose when comparing options.