10 Best List category posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
List category 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 List category posts
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Category Posts
Closest matchCategory Posts Block
4.5 (79) 40,000+ active installsAdds a block that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
Shares the categories, posts tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.7 (113) 200,000+ active installsCustomise dashboard panels and branding, hide menus plus lots more.
Shares the cms tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated July 9, 2026.
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4.7 (124) 8,000+ active installsGiven that I am not using Wordpress these days and I haven't really been using WooPoly for a while. I am looking for maintainers to take over thi …
Shares the cms tag on WordPress.org. 8,000+ installs against 80,000+, no update since February 16, 2021.
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4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsThe purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated today.
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4.6 (57) 7,000+ active installsAn advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!
Shares the categories, posts tags on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 80,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.7, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Post Category Filter (WP Admin)
5.0 (25) 1,000+ active installsQuickly search and filter categories and taxonomies inside the WordPress admin.
Shares the categories, posts tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated 21 days ago.
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Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms
4.6 (194) 40,000+ active installsTags, Categories and WordPress terms are easy with TaxoPress. Add a Tag or Category to Pages, manage your WooCommerce Categories and Tags and more.
Shares the categories tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 4 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 categories tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated January 7, 2026.
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4.8 (201) 70,000+ active installsEnhances the Media Library; powerful gallery and list shortcodes, full taxonomy support, IPTC/EXIF/XMP/PDF processing, bulk/quick edit.
Shares the categories tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.2 (52) 20,000+ active installsAdds the ability to use categories in the media library.
Shares the categories tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.7, last updated 16 days ago.
Switching from List category posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to List category posts?
Category Posts is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 40,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which List category posts alternative has the most users?
White Label CMS, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which List category posts alternative is rated highest?
Media Library Assistant, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 201 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these List category 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 List category 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 List category 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
Category Posts is the closest match to List category posts by the data we track, and White Label CMS has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Link Library 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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