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Simple Blog Card

by Katsushi Kawamori · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.38 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 8.0+

Simple Blog Card has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 46,381 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 16, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Simple Blog Card at a glance

Active installs
3,000+
Total downloads
46,381
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Simple Blog Card well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

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

  • Generated with shortcode
  • Generated with block
  • Can specify the number of characters displayed in the description
  • Displays an ogp image
  • Can specify the size of the displayed ogp image
  • Can change the title and description

Simple Blog Card reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

3 reviews

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  • Simple and light link card plug-in

    It is simple and has enough functionality for my needs.If you use this, you can treat the link cards as blocks and set preferences of each card from the block editor.Many link card plug-ins cannot handle non-utf8 encoded pages correctly, but you can set proper encodings manually if you use this.I've been using Pz-LinkCard and it is also good, but I prefer this one.

    tar0

  • Very easy to add link card

    I've been searching for easy to use a link preview block and tested plenty, this Blog Card plugin is really simple to use.

    newbeeon

  • The first fully working card plugin

    I like it al lot, it is the forst one that's fully working on all sites. It collects the right preview immage and indeed, for the user it works simple. Ik like it a lot.

    AlfredG

Details

Get OGP and display blog card.

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

Tags

  • block
  • blogcard
  • external link
  • internal link
  • linkcard

More from Katsushi Kawamori

Version
2.38
Last updated
Aug 16, 2026
First published
Nov 12, 2019
Requires WordPress
6.6
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
8.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Simple Blog Card FAQ

What does Simple Blog Card do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Simple Blog Card offers Generated with shortcode, Generated with block, Can specify the number of characters displayed in the description, Displays an ogp image and Can specify the size of the displayed ogp image.

How many active installs does Simple Blog Card have?

WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Simple Blog Card as of September 7, 2026.

Is Simple Blog Card still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 16, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Simple Blog Card free?

Simple Blog Card is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.