10 Best Posts List Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Posts List has 7,000+ 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 Posts List
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JS Archive List
Closest match4.8 (45) 3,000+ active installsA JS widget (can be used in posts) for displaying an archive list with some effects.
Shares the archive, list tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated April 3, 2026.
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4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsThe purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
Shares the list, page tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated today.
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4.6 (107) 20,000+ active installsWP-Paginate is a simple and flexible pagination plugin which provides users with better navigation on your WordPress site.
Shares the navigation, page tags on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times the installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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4.6 (59) 30,000+ active installsCustomize the management screen UI.
Shares the page, posts tags on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, no update since November 20, 2024.
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4.7 (30) 6,000+ active installsSimple Yearly Archive is a rather neat and simple Wordpress plugin that allows you to display your archives in a year-based list.
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.5 (151) 6,000+ active installsAuto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since April 16, 2024.
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4.9 (36) 5,000+ active installsUse an "Archived" status to unpublish content without having to trash it.
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 17, 2026.
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4.0 (26) 4,000+ active installsProvides a thumbnail area in Your Profile, for users to upload & crop new images in an overlay to be saved and stored to their profile.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 20, 2023.
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4.4 (60) 3,000+ active installsSimple customizable plugin that displays a name/email form where visitors can submit their information, manageable in the WordPress admin.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since August 8, 2023.
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5.0 (22) 5,000+ active installsUse a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated November 24, 2025.
Switching from Posts List: common questions
What is the best alternative to Posts List?
JS Archive List is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Posts List alternative has the most users?
WP Admin UI Customize, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Posts List alternative is rated highest?
Link Library, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 97 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Posts List 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 Posts List 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 Posts List 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
JS Archive List is the closest match to Posts List by the data we track, and WP Admin UI Customize has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. Link Library shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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