10 Best Hide Posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Hide Posts has 20,000+ 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 Hide Posts
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WP-ShowHide
Closest match4.2 (43) 9,000+ active installsAllows you to embed content within your blog post via WordPress ShortCode API and toggling the visibility of the content via a button.
Shares the hide, show, visibility tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 29 days ago.
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4.8 (101) 2,000+ active installsContent Visibility for Divi Builder.
Shares the hide, show, visibility tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated June 5, 2026.
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WebberZone Top 10
Paid version availableWebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts
4.6 (100) 10,000+ active installsTrack post views and page views, and display popular posts and trending content on your WordPress site.
About half the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.8 (113) 20,000+ active installsGwolle Guestbook is the WordPress guestbook you've just been looking for. Beautiful and easy.
A similar number of installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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XML Sitemap & Google News
Paid version available4.4 (85) 100,000+ active installsTake control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.
About 5 times the installs, last updated June 10, 2026.
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WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content
4.5 (562) 40,000+ active installsThe #1 WordPress RSS aggregator to quickly import RSS feeds, build a news aggregator, and for easy autoblogging.
About 2 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.9 (54) 10,000+ active installsWPS Bidouille provides information about your WordPress and contains optimization tools.
About half the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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Slim SEO – AI SEO Plugin, Lightweight, Fast & Automated
4.7 (136) 70,000+ active installsAn AI SEO plugin for WordPress that's lightweight and fast. Automatically generates meta tags, sitemaps, schemas and more with no bloat.
About 3.5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds
4.9 (29) 20,000+ active installsGN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News.
A similar number of installs, last updated July 28, 2026.
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Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
4.9 (93) 90,000+ active installsProtect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
Shares the hide tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
Switching from Hide Posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to Hide Posts?
WP-ShowHide is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 9,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Hide Posts alternative has the most users?
XML Sitemap & Google News, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Hide Posts alternative is rated highest?
Email Encoder, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 93 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Hide 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 Hide 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 Hide 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
WP-ShowHide is the closest match to Hide Posts by the data we track, and XML Sitemap & Google News has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. WP RSS Aggregator shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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