7 Best Flex Posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Flex Posts has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 7 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 7 closest alternatives to Flex Posts
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AF Companion
Closest matchAF Companion – Starter Sites, Speed Booster & Growth Suite for Professional Publishing
4.9 (34) 10,000+ active installsOne-Click Starter Sites, Performance Optimization, and Publisher Growth Tools
Shares the magazine, news tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.5 (27) 6,000+ active installsDisplay the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category...etc) in sidebar
Shares the posts-widget tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 16, 2026.
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4.5 (72) 2,000+ active installsPublishPress Series is the publishing plugin that allows you to organize posts into issues or series. This is perfect for magazines, newspapers, write …
Shares the magazine tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (30) 5,000+ active installsUltimate plugin suitable for creating you own newspaper and magazine layouts using Gutenberg and Elementor page builder. Design magazine modules with …
Shares the magazine tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, no update since April 21, 2025.
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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget
4.6 (66) 9,000+ active installsDisplay any RSS feed(s) in widget with news ticker effect in multiple tabs, thumbnails, customizable color themes and more.
Shares the news tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated August 2, 2026.
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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.
Shares the news tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds
4.9 (29) 20,000+ active installsGN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News.
Shares the news tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated July 28, 2026.
Switching from Flex Posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to Flex Posts?
AF Companion is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Flex Posts alternative has the most users?
Blog Designer Pack, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Flex Posts alternative is rated highest?
Blog Designer Pack, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 79 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Flex 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 Flex 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 Flex 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
AF Companion is the closest match to Flex Posts by the data we track, and Blog Designer Pack has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. AF Companion shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 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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