Advanced Post Block — WordPress Post Grid Plugin
Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want
by bPlugins · WordPress.org page · Website
Advanced Post Block has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 627,300 downloads all time. It was downloaded 10,455 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 4, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Advanced Post Block at a glance
Is Advanced Post Block well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Template Library: Import ready-made post layouts in one click from the editor toolbar, with search (title, category, keyword), category and Free/Pro filters…
- Core Layouts: Choose from professional Grid, Masonry, Slider, Ticker and News Ticker views
- Accordion Layout: Display posts as collapsible panels with Classic and Card Stack themes, single open mode, expand icon controls, and header styling
- Magazine 1 Layout: Front-page editorial look – a large hero post beside a scrollable sidebar list, with its own sidebar list layout and a responsive hero…
- Magazine 2 Layout: A full-width hero post above a responsive grid of the remaining posts, with its own grid sub-layout and a responsive hero min-height
- Flexible Sub-layouts: Optimize displays with Default, Left/Right Image, Overlay Content, Overlay Half Content, and Title-Meta layouts
- Slider Options: Customize the slider layout with loop, touch move, autoplay, speed, effect, pagination and navigation with the customization and styling
- Dynamic Post Query: Advanced filtering by post type (posts, pages, or any custom post type), posts per page, categories, tags, authors, taxonomy relation…
- Post Precision: Use Post Offset to skip the first “N” posts, target exact content with Include Posts and Exclude Posts by ID, or Exclude Sticky Posts from any…
- Pagination & AJAX: Numbered Pagination, prev/next Navigation, and a Load More button with a custom label – with alignment, colors, active/hover colors…
- Element Visibility: Full control to show or hide thumbnails, titles, metadata, excerpts, and read more buttons
- Sortable Elements: Drag and drop to rearrange the Post Title, Metadata, and Excerpt inside each post
Advanced Post Block reviews and ratings
17 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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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
Download and install history
20,760 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
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 | #14 by tag, #24 in search | #11 | ▼1 |
| Best Custom Post Type Plugins | #54 in search, not tagged | #98 | ▲2 |
Advanced Post Block alternatives
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Smart Post 20,000+ installs · 4.7
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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.
Rankings Advanced Post Block competes in
Tags
- block
- post filter
- post grid
- post list
- post slider
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- Version
- 2.5.1
- Last updated
- Oct 4, 2026
- First published
- Mar 11, 2021
- Requires WordPress
- 6.5
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- 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 Template Library: Import ready-made post layouts in one click from the editor toolbar, with search (title, category, keyword), category and Free/Pro filters, Core Layouts: Choose from professional Grid, Masonry, Slider, Ticker and News Ticker views, Accordion Layout: Display posts as collapsible panels with Classic and Card Stack themes, single open mode, expand icon controls, and header styling, Magazine 1 Layout: Front-page editorial look – a large hero post beside a scrollable sidebar list, with its own sidebar list layout and a responsive hero and Magazine 2 Layout: A full-width hero post above a responsive grid of the remaining posts, with its own grid sub-layout and a responsive hero min-height.
How many active installs does Advanced Post Block have?
WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Advanced Post Block as of October 22, 2026.
Is Advanced Post Block still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 4, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does Advanced Post Block have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 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 #11 in the WordPress.org Post Grid Plugins ranking.