10 Best NS Featured Posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
NS Featured Posts has 4,000+ 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 NS Featured Posts
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Custom Block Builder – Lazy Blocks
4.9 (80) 20,000+ active installsEasily create custom blocks and custom meta fields for Gutenberg without hard coding.
Shares the custom, meta tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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5.0 (29) 3,000+ active installsA widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.
Shares the featured post tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 12, 2020.
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4.7 (20) 600+ active installsDisplay custom menus, featured posts, custom post types and other dynamic content on a per page, per post or site-wide basis.
Shares the featured post tag on WordPress.org. 600+ installs against 4,000+, no update since February 10, 2020.
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4.7 (20) 3,000+ active installsDo you like giving posts a Featured Image? Try out a Featured Gallery. It's like a Featured Images ... except as many images as you want.
Shares the featured tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 2, 2018.
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4.8 (38) 30,000+ active installsEasily control whether the featured image appears in the single post or page view (doesn't hide it in archive/list view).
Shares the featured tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated May 3, 2026.
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5.0 (23) 2,000+ active installsAdd the featured image into your RSS feed (in the media:content). Works nicely with Mailchimp (|RSSITEM:IMAGE|). Light and simple, no options, no clut …
Shares the featured tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since October 12, 2023.
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4.9 (20) 50,000+ active installsSmart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.
Shares the custom, meta tags on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
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4.0 (24) 30,000+ active installsThe Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.
Shares the meta tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.9 (28) 10,000+ active installsQuickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface.
Shares the meta tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since March 22, 2023.
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4.7 (33) 10,000+ active installsAllows the modification of META titles, descriptions and keywords for all pages and posts. Also allows for default setting for of META title, descript …
Shares the meta tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated August 6, 2026.
Switching from NS Featured Posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to NS Featured Posts?
Lazy Blocks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which NS Featured Posts alternative has the most users?
Smart Custom Fields, with 50,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which NS Featured Posts alternative is rated highest?
Lazy Blocks, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 80 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these NS Featured 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 NS Featured 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 NS Featured 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
Lazy Blocks is the closest match to NS Featured Posts by the data we track, and Smart Custom Fields has the widest reach with 50,000+ active installs. Lazy Blocks shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 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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