10 Best Post Content Shortcodes Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Post Content Shortcodes has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Post Content Shortcodes
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W4 Post List
Closest match4.7 (94) 3,000+ active installsBuild lists the Query Loop can't: posts grouped by year, category or author, term lists and user directories — via block, shortcode or widget.
Shares the post list, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.5 (55) 10,000+ active installsThe ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
About 5 times the installs, no update since July 17, 2024.
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Smart Post
Paid version availableSmart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
4.7 (209) 20,000+ active installsDisplay posts in Grid, Carousel, Slider, Timeline, List & Live Filter layouts with Gutenberg Blocks & Ready Patterns - Elementor, Divi, & Shortcodes.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Blog Filter
Paid version availableBlog Filter – Post Grid Filter by Category or Tag
4.9 (81) 7,000+ active installsCreate a responsive Blog Filter Post Grid to showcase posts. Let visitors filter by Category or Tag easily using Ajax. Supports Elementor and Divi.
About 3.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.9 (76) 10,000+ active installsAddon for the Elementor page builder to display posts in a grid. Useful for generating post grid from your blog posts with multiple options.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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A Responsive Post Slider
Paid version availablePost Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider
4.7 (31) 10,000+ active installsPost Slider and Post Carousel display WordPress post in slider and carousel layouts with shortcode and Latest/Recent vertical post scrolling widget.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders
5.0 (26) 7,000+ active installsDisplay list of posts, pages or any custom post types anywhere using block and widget. Show as grid, list or posts slider.
About 3.5 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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BlockSpare – Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazine, Blog & Business Websites
4.8 (33) 10,000+ active installsBuild professional news, magazine, blog, editorial and business websites with powerful Gutenberg blocks, starter templates, advanced post layouts, sli …
About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.9 (84) 20,000+ active installsEasily create awesome post grids and post carousel sliders. Different widget types, powerful filters, "load more" button and many customizab …
About 10 times the installs, no update since January 9, 2025.
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Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy
5.0 (25) 3,000+ active installsBuild a list or grid layout of any post type (posts, products, pages + more).
About 1.5 times the installs, last updated December 29, 2025.
Switching from Post Content Shortcodes: common questions
What is the best alternative to Post Content Shortcodes?
W4 Post List is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Post Content Shortcodes alternative has the most users?
Smart Post, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Post Content Shortcodes alternative is rated highest?
AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 84 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Post Content Shortcodes alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Post Content Shortcodes score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Post Content Shortcodes on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
W4 Post List is the closest match to Post Content Shortcodes by the data we track, and Smart Post has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. W4 Post List shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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