10 Best Display Posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Display Posts has 80,000+ 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 Display Posts
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Posts in Page
Closest match4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installsEasily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
Shares the pages, posts, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, rated 4.4 against 4.8, no update since May 13, 2019.
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4.8 (21) 300+ active installsSave time switching between posts of any post-type in wp-admin.
Shares the page, pages, posts tags on WordPress.org. 300+ installs against 80,000+, no update since April 3, 2020.
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5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installsAn admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.
Shares the pages, posts tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated November 17, 2025.
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4.8 (71) 30,000+ active installsInsert Pages lets you embed any WordPress content (e.g., pages, posts, custom post types) into other WordPress content using the Shortcode API.
Shares the pages, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated June 19, 2026.
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4.6 (59) 30,000+ active installsCustomize the management screen UI.
Shares the page, posts tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, no update since November 20, 2024.
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HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)
4.4 (24) 10,000+ active installsAdds an HTML (Not XML) sitemap of your pages (not posts) by using the HTML Sitemap Block or shortcode, perfect for those who use WordPress as a CMS.
Shares the page, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.9 (20) 4,000+ active installsUsing this plugin one can easily collapse/expand pages with children and grand children.
Shares the page, pages tags on WordPress.org. 4,000+ installs against 80,000+, no update since July 9, 2019.
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4.7 (149) 500,000+ active installsAdds a more advanced paging navigation interface.
Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 6.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.8 (23) 20,000+ active installsAdds the built in WordPress categories and tags to your pages.
Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated January 7, 2026.
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4.7 (126) 90,000+ active installsNested Pages provides a drag and drop interface for managing pages & posts in the WordPress admin, while maintaining quick edit functionality.
Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Display Posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to Display Posts?
Posts in Page is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Display Posts alternative has the most users?
WP-PageNavi, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Display Posts alternative is rated highest?
Insert Pages, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 71 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Display Posts 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 Posts 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 Posts 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
Posts in Page is the closest match to Display Posts by the data we track, and WP-PageNavi has the widest reach with 500,000+ active installs. Nested Pages shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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