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Advanced Post Block — WordPress Post Grid Plugin

Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want

by bPlugins · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.5.0 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Advanced Post Block has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 606,787 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 6, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Advanced Post Block at a glance

Active installs
10,000+
Total downloads
606,787
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Advanced Post Block well maintained?

Support threads resolved
2 of 2
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
12%
2 of 17 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Premium Templates: Unlock the full Template Library — import Pro-only, professionally designed post layouts in one click
  • Exclusive Layouts: Unlock the Grid 1, Magazine 2, and Timeline layouts, plus the List Left/Right Even-Odd and Overlay Content Box sub-layouts
  • Timeline Layout: Lay posts out as a dated sequence, Vertical or Horizontal, with control over max width, orientation, line width, dot style, dot position and…
  • Accordion Pro: Unlock the With Thumbnail, Numbered FAQ, Split Panel, and Minimal Lines themes, multiple open panels, custom animation speed, 12 extra indicator…
  • Ticker Options: Set the ticker direction, speed, interval, height, visible post count, and pause on mouse hover
  • News Ticker Options: Set the news ticker label, theme, type, direction, speed, animation, and pause on mouse hover
  • Query Presets: Instant query configurations for Popular, Random, Sticky, Most Comments, Related Posts, and more
  • Deeper Filtering: Filter by Custom Taxonomies, run a Search Query, and order by Post ID, Name (Slug), Comment Count, or Include Posts order
  • Post Precision: Exclude the current post and Exclude sticky posts from any query
  • More Load More Types: Infinite Scroll with a trigger offset, spinner and loading label, plus a Load More button with a custom label
  • Feature Image: Lazy load images and apply normal/hover grayscale with the Scale Up hover animation
  • Title Ellipsis: Append a trailing ellipsis to titles trimmed by the word/character limit

Advanced Post Block reviews and ratings

17 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.2 out of 5

17 reviews

5★
12
4★
1
3★
1
2★
1
1★
2

  • The best multi-post display plugin. Excellent CPT Support, Many Styling

    I have tested about 5 plugins for multiple post display in Grid layout. The most popular plugin did not support Custom Post Types in the starter (free) version thus, it was a non-starter for me. For me, it is an important missing functionality to continue testing. I'd rather test the most important functionality for a plugin and if it is good, I shall definitely pay for the extra options. There were other plugins which supported CPT but they were so primitive in styling options. Advanced Post Block is by far the best. Excellent CPT support right from beginning and lots of control for the styling. I am now building my site and I shall definitely buy the pro when I decide to go operational with my site. I have been testing only the starter (free) version. But the good thing about this plugin is, it has all the functionality displayed in the starter version and the paid ones are just not activated. Thus you can see what you will get with the paid version and there are definitely functionalities you will want to have for an operational site. One important advantage of this plugin is that, it is only for Gutenberg. Thus, it feels native in Gutenberg block editor unlike some other plugins which make you define your grid block etc via their menu item. And I also assume, because of this, it has lighter, cleaner code and optimized for Gutenberg, as the developer does not need to have considerations and the extra code for other stuff like for elementor, bricks etc that I do not need and I do not want to carry unnecessarıly on my sıte. Just to add, maybe the following could be considered as added functionality for the paid version: 1- Having an option to display the 'Read More' button at a fixed place, rather than "just after the last info piece" (I think excerpt) which gives an uneven look. 2- A variation of "Overlay Content Hover" subtype which displays also title. 3- Possibility to include excerpts from one or two Custom Fields on the display. It is great that the paid vers

    saksaksak

  • Huge amounts of requests on bsdk_config.json

    Hi there, Looking at Awstats from cPanel, it seems like file called "bsdk_config.json" located in "/wp-content/plugins/advanced-post-block/bsdk_config.json" is causing huge amounts of access from visitors. I had about 100k visits on this file just on the beginning of January (in January only) before I disabled this plugin. No other plugin does this. Because I'm concerned about these usages, I'm fearful of using using this plugin on any of my websites until this is fixed. There's no reason for so much access to this file. Now I don't know if something else is causing this, but I noticed it on my other websites as well. I'll check closely where I actually used the block from this plugin, but it really is concerning.

    alekmitch

  • Advanced Post Block

    I had problems with Advanced Post Block. This was fixed with help of the support. Very good.

    playitnow65

  • Rip off

    Charging a montly fee to use the pro features is a joke. You offer nothing to warrant the montly fee. It should be a one off payment for something like this. Dont waste your time with this.

    dano1066

  • Excellent Plugin

    Amazing plugin, with now option to showcase pages instead of posts as well. Just perfect!

    sophibee

  • It does what I need it to do very well

    This plugin works good, has many options and sounds like more to come. What I like best is the support. Nothing better then a quick reply and they were able help out too! Looking forward to much more style control maybe in a future update.

    eMBurr

Where Advanced Post Block ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Advanced Post Block appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Post Grid Plugins #15 by tag, #23 in search #10 –
Best Custom Post Type Plugins #55 in search, not tagged #99 –

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Details

Advanced Post Block lets you add dynamic post grids, lists, sliders, and tickers. Filter content by category, tag, author, or custom post type.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • block
  • post filter
  • post grid
  • post list
  • post slider

More from bPlugins

Version
2.5.0
Last updated
Sep 6, 2026
First published
Mar 11, 2021
Requires WordPress
6.5
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Advanced Post Block FAQ

What does Advanced Post Block do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Post Block offers Premium Templates: Unlock the full Template Library — import Pro-only, professionally designed post layouts in one click, Exclusive Layouts: Unlock the Grid 1, Magazine 2, and Timeline layouts, plus the List Left/Right Even-Odd and Overlay Content Box sub-layouts, Timeline Layout: Lay posts out as a dated sequence, Vertical or Horizontal, with control over max width, orientation, line width, dot style, dot position and, Accordion Pro: Unlock the With Thumbnail, Numbered FAQ, Split Panel, and Minimal Lines themes, multiple open panels, custom animation speed, 12 extra indicator and Ticker Options: Set the ticker direction, speed, interval, height, visible post count, and pause on mouse hover.

How many active installs does Advanced Post Block have?

WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Advanced Post Block as of September 7, 2026.

Is Advanced Post Block still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 6, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Advanced Post Block have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 2 of 2 recent support threads for Advanced Post Block are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Advanced Post Block free?

Advanced Post Block is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Advanced Post Block rank among Post Grid Plugins?

Advanced Post Block is #10 in the WordPress.org "post-grid" ranking as of today.