10 Best Display Post Types Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Display Post Types sits at #9 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. 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 Display Post Types
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Advanced Post Block
Closest matchAdvanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want
4.2 (17) 10,000+ active installsAdvanced Post Block lets you add dynamic post grids, lists, sliders, and tickers. Filter content by category, tag, author, or custom post type.
#10 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated today.
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The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid
4.8 (265) 100,000+ active installsDisplay WordPress posts in beautiful grid, list, slider, and filter layouts. Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, and Shortcodes.
#1 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 14 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.3 (163) 30,000+ active installsPost Grid is a powerful WordPress plugin for creating customizable post grid layouts with advanced query options, allowing users to display posts dyna …
#4 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated July 19, 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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 2.9 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.9 (76) 10,000+ active installsAddon for the Elementor page builder to display posts in a grid. Useful for generating post grid from your blog posts with multiple options.
#5 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX
4.8 (262) 40,000+ active installsDesign professional blogs with advanced Gutenberg blocks, premade templates, dynamic post grids, and smart filters.
#3 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 5.7 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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Blog Designer Pack
Paid version availableBlog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News
4.7 (79) 30,000+ active installsNews & Blog plugin for post grid, post slider, post carousel, post filter, masonry, ticker & list category posts using shortcode, Elementor & Divi.
#7 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)
4.8 (333) 100,000+ active installsEasy to show posts, pages, custom posts in customizable grid, list, slider, accordion... Available as Widgets (for Elementor), Shortcode, and Blocks.
#2 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 14 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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5.0 (9) 10,000+ active installsCreate unlimited custom post types and custom taxonomies.
#9 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated May 13, 2026.
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4.8 (58) 30,000+ active installsBuild your blogs and news sites with a feature-rich Elementor addon, offering 100+ elements for engaging layouts.
#8 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
Display Post Types against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Display Post Types vs Advanced Post Block7,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 5.0 vs 4.2
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Display Post Types vs The Post Grid7,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 5.0 vs 4.8
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Display Post Types vs Post Grid7,000+ vs 30,000+ installs · 5.0 vs 4.3
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Display Post Types vs Smart Post7,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 5.0 vs 4.7
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Display Post Types vs Post Grid Addon for Elementor7,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 5.0 vs 4.9
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Display Post Types vs Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks7,000+ vs 40,000+ installs · 5.0 vs 4.8
Switching from Display Post Types: common questions
What is the best alternative to Display Post Types?
Advanced Post Block is the closest match: it shares the Post Grid Plugins top 10 with Display Post Types and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Display Post Types alternative has the most users?
The Post Grid, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Display Post Types alternative is rated highest?
Post Grid Addon for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 76 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Display Post Types 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 Display Post Types 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 Display Post Types 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
Advanced Post Block is the closest match to Display Post Types by the data we track, and The Post Grid has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Advanced Post Block shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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