10 Best Posts 2 Posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Posts 2 Posts has 10,000+ 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 2 Posts
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4.8 (36) 3,000+ active installsDisplay content with full control over selection and layout. Lightweight and compatible with any theme or page builder.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.9 (46) 3,000+ active installsManual related posts without slowing down your website!
About a third of the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
4.8 (418) 100,000+ active installsPods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.4 (46) 10,000+ active installsMap your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
4.6 (56) 3,000+ active installsCustom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, no update since August 5, 2025.
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4.6 (276) 1 million+ active installsAdmin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated July 14, 2026.
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Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites
4.8 (165) 500,000+ active installsMeta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)
4.8 (333) 100,000+ active installsEasy to show posts, pages, custom posts in customizable grid, list, slider, accordion... Available as Widgets (for Elementor), Shortcode, and Blocks.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid
4.8 (265) 100,000+ active installsDisplay WordPress posts in beautiful grid, list, slider, and filter layouts. Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, and Shortcodes.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
Switching from Posts 2 Posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to Posts 2 Posts?
Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts 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 2 Posts alternative has the most users?
Custom Post Type UI, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Posts 2 Posts alternative is rated highest?
Pods, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 418 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Posts 2 Posts 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 2 Posts 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 2 Posts 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
Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts is the closest match to Posts 2 Posts by the data we track, and Custom Post Type UI has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Meta Box 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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