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Advanced Posts Widget — WordPress Post Grid Plugin

by darrinb · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0 Tested up to WP 4.5.33

Advanced Posts Widget has 200+ active installs on WordPress.org and 8,644 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 12, 2016, tested up to WordPress 4.5.33.

Advanced Posts Widget at a glance

Active installs
200+
Total downloads
8,644
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Advanced Posts Widget well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 4.5.33, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

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

  • Build multiple lists!
  • Select which post types to display. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.)
  • Set the number of posts to show
  • Choose how to order your posts: publish date, alphabetically, random, etc
  • Set the order for displaying the posts
  • Filter by category, tag, or custom taxonomy
  • Supports post thumbnails
  • Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes
  • Show an excerpt of the post
  • Set and preview the length of the excerpt
  • Select the list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from: ol, ul, or div
  • Select the listing format. Choose between html5 or xhtml

Advanced Posts Widget reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • Good widget

    Very nice!

    yuriy602

  • Last Update

    It is a good plugin. I'm using it to promote the last update post, so visitors know what is the recent update on the blog. But the last update of this plugin was 2 years ago.

    resepan

  • Great here's why:

    It simply has the most options to show posts in a widget. Would even be better if you can choose to show posts based on most views or popularity. I hope the publishers will keep helping us by providing updates in order to make it future wp proof.

    vgvidscom

  • Very flexible. Works.

    Does what it should. Pretty good configurable, also with css.

    Claus

  • Nice Widget

    Thumbs up! Works very good on widgetized pages.

    Sergei2B

  • Exactly what my blog needed

    I tested quite a few different Recent Posts Widgets and they all had bugs or outdated code or lack of flexibility or simple settings for their images and whatnot. This plugin does all the things you need: * Set your thumbnail size from a list of registered image sizes * Choose your category * Choose your post type * Even works with the Organize Series plugin well * Order by recency, title, or even random (my favorite) Combine this with the Display Widgets plugin and you have a powerful and flexible and intuitive sidebar that works great with your theme. Well done!

    Matt Cromwell

Details

A powerful and flexible recent posts widget for WordPress for displaying customized content lists. Supports all custom post types and taxonomies!

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

Rankings Advanced Posts Widget competes in

Tags

  • posts
  • posts-widget
  • recent posts
  • widget

More from darrinb

Version
1.0
Last updated
Apr 12, 2016
First published
Apr 12, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.4
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Advanced Posts Widget FAQ

What does Advanced Posts Widget do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Posts Widget offers Build multiple lists!, Select which post types to display. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.), Set the number of posts to show, Choose how to order your posts: publish date, alphabetically, random, etc and Set the order for displaying the posts.

How many active installs does Advanced Posts Widget have?

WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs for Advanced Posts Widget as of September 7, 2026.

Is Advanced Posts Widget still maintained?

The last release was on April 12, 2016, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Advanced Posts Widget free?

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