Flex Posts
Flex Posts – Responsive Posts Block
by Tajam · WordPress.org page · Website
Flex Posts has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 62,550 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Flex Posts at a glance
Is Flex Posts well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Layout: Select a widget layout, from layout 1 to 6
- Title: Set the widget title. Leave it empty to hide the title section
- Title URL: Set the title link url. Leave it empty to disable link in the title
- Use category title: Enable category name as the title
- Use category URL: Enable category URL as the title URL
- Post type: Select the post type. Options include: Post, Page, custom post types if available, and any
- Category: Select a category for the posts, or choose All Categories to disable this filter
- Tag(s): Set a post tag (using the tag slug). You can also use comma separated value for multiple tags. Prepending a tag with a hyphen will exclude posts…
- Order by: Set the order in which the posts will be displayed. Options include: Newest, Oldest, Most Commented, Alphabetical, Random, Modified Date, Page order
- Number of posts to show: Set the number of posts displayed
- Number of posts to skip: Set the number of posts to displace or pass over
- Exclude current post: Choose to show or hide current post
Flex Posts reviews and ratings
24 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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I can’t believe it’s FREE
I’ve only been using flex Post for one day but so far it’s managed to do absolutely everything I’ve asked it to. Over the next couple of weeks I’m hoping I’m gonna be so impressed that I will very happily make a donation because if it does do everything I require it, it’s gonna save me an absolute fortune.
timebandit04 -
Great Plugin
Very nice plugin, allows you make custom layouts with ease, I tried a lot of display post content plugin and by far this one is the best so far. However could use improvement. Total agree with the review "Almost perfect". I'm using on very large websites and the bigger problem for me is unable to Exclude certain categories from showing, i'm just nit picking.
byermedia -
Practical and effective
Does what it's meant to do, and does it well. No fuss, no fluff, and good support to boot!
SomniumLucidus -
Very Easy to Use
I wanted a widget that would display a single post; one of my choice. This simple plugin isn't really intended to do that, but it's very easy to use and friendly. The plugin allows you to query a keyword, so I just added a unique keyword to my post, and specified that word in the plugin's config, and set the number of posts to display to 1, simple! And I like the way it looks so much, I'll be using the plugin after I'm done with the single post I wanted it for.
UncleMorty -
Wordpress needs more plugins that display posts
Haven’t got to use it extensively yet but there’s a real need for plugins like this. Display recent posts block in core is really bad and not the easiest to customize with CSS. Keep up the good work
consumerista -
Perfect
Excellent plugin, congratulations.
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Details
Show your posts with thumbnails in flexible, responsive layouts. Works as a sidebar widget or a block in the editor.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- magazine
- news
- posts list
- posts-widget
- responsive
- Version
- 2.1.0
- Last updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- First published
- May 10, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 6.3
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- –
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Flex Posts FAQ
What does Flex Posts do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Flex Posts offers Layout: Select a widget layout, from layout 1 to 6, Title: Set the widget title. Leave it empty to hide the title section, Title URL: Set the title link url. Leave it empty to disable link in the title, Use category title: Enable category name as the title and Use category URL: Enable category URL as the title URL.
How many active installs does Flex Posts have?
WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Flex Posts as of September 7, 2026.
Is Flex Posts still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Is Flex Posts free?
Flex Posts is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.