10 Best Extended Post Status Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Extended Post Status has 1,000+ 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 Extended Post Status
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Podlove Podcast Publisher
Closest match4.4 (44) 3,000+ active installsThe one and only next generation podcast publishing system. Seriously. It's magical and sparkles a lot.
Shares the publishing tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
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4.6 (31) 2,000+ active installsTake a copy of an arbitrary post/page/cpt, change it and make it replace the original post at a given date and time in the future.
Shares the publishing tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since August 17, 2018.
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4.9 (36) 5,000+ active installsUse an "Archived" status to unpublish content without having to trash it.
Shares the status tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated February 17, 2026.
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4.2 (37) 8,000+ active installsWrite the custom stock status with different colors for each woocommerce product, to show in product details and listing pages.
Shares the status tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated May 19, 2026.
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4.8 (29) 1,000+ active installsThe goal of this plugin is to show the “stock quantity” under each product in the shop, category and archive pages (wherever there is a loop).
Shares the status tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since February 11, 2025.
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4.8 (253) 200,000+ active installsA simple way to change a post's type in WordPress
Shares the post, post type tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated March 24, 2026.
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4.8 (43) 10,000+ active installsProvides a drop-down to select different templates for posts from the post edit screen. The templates replace single.php for the specified post.
Shares the post tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.5 (47) 9,000+ active installsMove or remove posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another.
Shares the post tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2024.
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4.8 (53) 8,000+ active installsAttachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types
Shares the post tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated December 30, 2025.
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4.3 (23) 6,000+ active installsLike Dislike for WordPress Posts | WordPress Page | Custom Post Types
Shares the post tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
Switching from Extended Post Status: common questions
What is the best alternative to Extended Post Status?
Podlove Podcast Publisher is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Extended Post Status alternative has the most users?
Post Type Switcher, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Extended Post Status alternative is rated highest?
Post Type Switcher, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 253 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Extended Post Status 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 Extended Post Status 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 Extended Post Status 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
Podlove Podcast Publisher is the closest match to Extended Post Status by the data we track, and Post Type Switcher has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Podlove Podcast Publisher shipped the most recent release, on August 29, 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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