10 Best Category Posts in Custom Menu Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Category Posts in Custom Menu has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Category Posts in Custom Menu
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Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer
4.6 (93) 20,000+ active installsCreate WordPress custom snippets shortcodes and reusable content and insert them in into your posts and pages.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 2
Real Custom Post Order: Create a custom order for your content
4.8 (41) 8,000+ active installsCustom post order for posts, pages, WooCommerce products and custom post types using drag and drop. Simple and intuitive sorting of your content!
About 4 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
- 3
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress
4.7 (1,508) 200,000+ active installsFormerly "Custom Facebook Feed". Display completely customizable Facebook feeds of a Facebook page. Supports Facebook oEmbeds.
About 100 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
- 4
Elementor
Paid version availableElementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
4.5 (7,297) 10 million+ active installsThe Elementor Website Builder has it all: drag and drop page builder, Atomic Editor, pixel perfect design, global and reusable style systems, mobile r …
About 5,000 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 5
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
4.8 (611) 600,000+ active installsElementor templates, Header footer builder, Elementor Post Grid, Woocommerce Grid builder, Slider, Forms, Gallery, Nav menu addons, Elementor widgets.
About 300 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
- 6
WebberZone Top 10
Paid version availableWebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts
4.6 (100) 10,000+ active installsTrack post views and page views, and display popular posts and trending content on your WordPress site.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
- 7
Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)
4.9 (80) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode.
About 5 times the installs, last updated July 22, 2026.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
About 5 times the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Smart Post
Paid version availableSmart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
4.7 (209) 20,000+ active installsDisplay posts in Grid, Carousel, Slider, Timeline, List & Live Filter layouts with Gutenberg Blocks & Ready Patterns - Elementor, Divi, & Shortcodes.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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A Responsive Post Slider
Paid version availablePost Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider
4.7 (31) 10,000+ active installsPost Slider and Post Carousel display WordPress post in slider and carousel layouts with shortcode and Latest/Recent vertical post scrolling widget.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
Switching from Category Posts in Custom Menu: common questions
What is the best alternative to Category Posts in Custom Menu?
Post Snippets is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Category Posts in Custom Menu alternative has the most users?
Elementor, with 10 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Category Posts in Custom Menu alternative is rated highest?
Content Blocks, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 80 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Category Posts in Custom Menu alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Category Posts in Custom Menu score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Category Posts in Custom Menu on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Post Snippets is the closest match to Category Posts in Custom Menu by the data we track, and Elementor has the widest reach with 10 million+ active installs. Smart Post shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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