10 Best Simply Show Hooks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Simply Show Hooks has 1,000+ 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 Simply Show Hooks
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Post Category Filter
Closest matchPost Category Filter (WP Admin)
5.0 (25) 1,000+ active installsQuickly search and filter categories and taxonomies inside the WordPress admin.
Shares the admin, filter tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.9 (24) 10,000+ active installsDisplay a maintenance mode page and allow invited visitors to bypass the functionality to preview the site.
Shares the developer tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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4.9 (205) 10,000+ active installsFakerPress is a clean way to generate fake and dummy content to your WordPress, great for developers who need testing
Shares the developer tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 5.0, last updated July 24, 2026.
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Debug Log Manager – Conveniently Monitor and Inspect Errors
5.0 (25) 10,000+ active installsLog PHP, database and JavaScript errors via WP_DEBUG with one click. Conveniently create, view, filter and clear the debug.log file.
Shares the developer tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 26, 2026.
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5.0 (41) 8,000+ active installsThis plugin allows you to use unfiltered HTML in your category descriptions by disabling selected WordPress filters.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated March 5, 2026.
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WP Ultimate Post Grid
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to Post
5.0 (20) 3,000+ active installsAutomatically redirect to your latest, oldest, random, or other post through a custom URL
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since June 8, 2025.
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4.8 (29) 3,000+ active installsEvent search and filter bar for The Events Calendar. Add an event search box, date filters and filtered event lists anywhere with a shortcode.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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5.0 (24) 2,000+ active installsThe Divi Filter plugin allows you to filter every module in the Divi Theme. Just add a few classes and you're done.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since October 26, 2023.
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4.8 (33) 4,000+ active installsA powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
Switching from Simply Show Hooks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Simply Show Hooks?
Post Category Filter is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Simply Show Hooks alternative has the most users?
Maintenance Redirect, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Simply Show Hooks alternative is rated highest?
FakerPress, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 205 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Simply Show Hooks 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 Simply Show Hooks 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 Simply Show Hooks 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
Post Category Filter is the closest match to Simply Show Hooks by the data we track, and Maintenance Redirect has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Events Search & Filter Bar for The Events Calendar shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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