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Best Post Display & Query Layouts plugins for WordPress

Categories Content Management

Plugins that query, filter, sort, and present posts, pages, and custom post types in configurable front-end layouts such as grids, lists, sliders, timelines, and accordions.

Read from 131,125 plugin records - figures refreshed 5 hours ago

221 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
6.0M Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.59 Average rating Across the 205 here that carry a rating at all

The plugins

Plugins in Post Display & Query Layouts

Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.

#1

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin

instagram-feed 1M installs · 4.9 stars
#1

Widgets for Google Reviews

wp-reviews-plugin-for-google 1M installs · 4.9 stars
#3

Smart Slider 3

smart-slider-3 800K installs · 4.9 stars
#4

Post Types Order

post-types-order 600K installs · 4.5 stars
#5

Intuitive Custom Post Order

intuitive-custom-post-order 400K installs · 4.4 stars
#6

Simple Custom Post Order

simple-custom-post-order 300K installs · 4.8 stars
#7

Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)

content-views-query-and-display-post-page 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#7

Inline Related Posts

intelly-related-posts 100K installs · 4.3 stars
#7

The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid

the-post-grid 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#7

WP Popular Posts

wordpress-popular-posts 100K installs · 4.5 stars
#7

YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

yet-another-related-posts-plugin 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#12

Advanced Excerpt

advanced-excerpt 80K installs · 4.3 stars
#12

List category posts

list-category-posts 80K installs · 4.7 stars
#12

Strong Testimonials

strong-testimonials 80K installs · 4.8 stars
#12

WP Meta and Date Remover

wp-meta-and-date-remover 80K installs · 4.2 stars
#16

Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more

display-posts-shortcode 70K installs · 4.8 stars
#17

WP Show Posts

wp-show-posts 60K installs · 4.7 stars
#18

Contextual Related Posts

contextual-related-posts 50K installs · 4.8 stars
#18

Filter Everything — WordPress & WooCommerce Filters

filter-everything 50K installs · 4.6 stars
#18

Ultimate Category Excluder

ultimate-category-excluder 50K installs · 4.3 stars
#21

Category Posts Block

category-posts 40K installs · 4.5 stars
#22

Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load

ajax-load-more 30K installs · 4.8 stars
#22

Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme

auxin-portfolio 30K installs · 4.3 stars
#22

Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News

blog-designer-pack 30K installs · 4.7 stars
#22

Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists

ditty-news-ticker 30K installs · 4.6 stars
#22

Insert Pages

insert-pages 30K installs · 4.8 stars
#22

Page-list

page-list 30K installs · 4.7 stars
#22

Post Grid

post-grid 30K installs · 4.3 stars
#22

Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets

ultimate-post-kit 30K installs · 4.8 stars
#30

AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor

anwp-post-grid-for-elementor 20K installs · 4.9 stars
#30

Related Posts Thumbnails

related-posts-thumbnails 20K installs · 4.9 stars
#30

Hide Posts

whp-hide-posts 20K installs · 4.7 stars
#30

WPZOOM Portfolio Lite – Filterable Portfolio Plugin

wpzoom-portfolio 20K installs · 5.0 stars
#34

Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want

advanced-post-block 10K installs · 4.2 stars
#34

Advanced Queries

advanced-post-queries 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#34

Blog Designer

blog-designer 10K installs · 4.0 stars
#34

Post Grid Addon for Elementor

post-grid-elementor-addon 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#34

Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider

post-slider-and-carousel 10K installs · 4.7 stars
#34

Posts in Page

posts-in-page 10K installs · 4.4 stars
#34

Qode Essential Addons

qode-essential-addons 10K installs · 2.8 stars
#34

Related Posts by Taxonomy

related-posts-by-taxonomy 10K installs · 4.8 stars
#34

Related Posts Flatsome

related-posts-flatsome 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#34

Team – Team Members Showcase Plugin

tlp-team 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#34

Ultimate Posts Widget

ultimate-posts-widget 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#34

Unlist Posts & Pages

unlist-posts 10K installs · 4.7 stars
#46

CC Child Pages

cc-child-pages 9K installs · 4.9 stars
#46

WP Blog Post Layouts

wp-blog-post-layouts 9K installs · 4.7 stars
#48

Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders

display-post-types 8K installs · 5.0 stars
#48

Timeline Express

timeline-express 8K installs · 4.3 stars
#50

Blog Filter – Post Grid Filter by Category or Tag

blog-filter 7K installs · 4.9 stars
#50

Flexible Posts Widget

flexible-posts-widget 7K installs · 4.7 stars
#50

Posts List

posts-list 7K installs · 4.5 stars
#50

ReOrder Posts within Categories

reorder-post-within-categories 7K installs · 4.7 stars
#50

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

spice-post-slider 7K installs · 4.3 stars
#50

T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations

t4b-news-ticker 7K installs · 4.5 stars
#50

Radius Portfolio – Filterable Grid, Gallery & Slider Portfolio

tlp-portfolio 7K installs · 4.6 stars
#57

Advanced Query Loop

advanced-query-loop 6K installs · 4.6 stars
#57

Category AJAX Filter – Posts, Custom Post Types & Product Filter

category-ajax-filter 6K installs · 4.9 stars
#57

Easy Custom Auto Excerpt

easy-custom-auto-excerpt 6K installs · 4.5 stars
#57

Latest Posts Block – Dynamic Posts Grid, Posts List, Posts Tile with Stunning Layouts for WordPress Blogs & Pages

latest-posts-block-lite 6K installs · 4.0 stars
#57

Simple Yearly Archive

simple-yearly-archive 6K installs · 4.7 stars
#57

Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images

superb-recent-posts-with-thumbnail-images 6K installs
#57

Team Builder – Team Member Showcase With Grid and slider, Compatible With Elementor, Gutenberg

team-builder 6K installs · 4.5 stars
#64

Child Pages Shortcode

child-pages-shortcode 5K installs · 4.6 stars
#64

Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering

food-and-drink-menu 5K installs · 4.6 stars
#64

Front Page Category

front-page-category 5K installs · 4.0 stars
#64

List categories

list-categories 5K installs · 4.5 stars
#64

List Pages Shortcode

list-pages-shortcode 5K installs · 4.9 stars
#64

Weaver Show Posts

show-posts 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#70

Collapsing Categories

collapsing-categories 4K installs · 4.1 stars
#70

JetGridBuilder — Grid Builder for Elementor and Gutenberg

jetgridbuilder 4K installs · 2.8 stars
#70

Latest Post Shortcode

latest-post-shortcode 4K installs · 4.8 stars
#70

Latest Posts

latest-posts 4K installs · 4.6 stars
#70

Statify Widget

statify-widget 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#70

WP Ultimate Post Grid

wp-ultimate-post-grid 4K installs · 4.4 stars
#70

YMC Filter

ymc-smart-filter 4K installs · 4.8 stars
#77

Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode

acf-views 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#77

Advanced Posts/Page

advanced-posts-per-page 3K installs
#77

Category Sticky Post

category-sticky-post 3K installs · 4.9 stars
#77

Classic Blog Grid

classic-blog-grid 3K installs · 3.0 stars
#77

Collapsing Archives

collapsing-archives 3K installs · 4.1 stars
#77

Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy

custom-layouts 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#77

Custom Related Posts

custom-related-posts 3K installs · 4.9 stars
#77

Expanding Archives

expanding-archives 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#77

JS Archive List

jquery-archive-list-widget 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#77

PJ News Ticker

pj-news-ticker 3K installs · 4.5 stars
#77

Post Carousel Slider for Elementor

post-carousel-slider-for-elementor 3K installs · 4.5 stars
#77

Posts Table with Search & Sort

posts-data-table 3K installs · 4.6 stars
#77

Random Content

random-content 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#77

Read More Excerpt Link

read-more-excerpt-link 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#77

Related Posts By PickPlugins

related-post 3K installs · 4.6 stars
#77

Same Category Posts

same-category-posts 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#77

Sitekit

sitekit 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#77

ThemeZee Magazine Blocks

themezee-magazine-blocks 3K installs · 4.3 stars
#77

W4 Post List

w4-post-list 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#77

WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce

wp-post-hide 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

Ajax Load More for Advanced Custom Fields

ajax-load-more-for-acf 2K installs · 4.6 stars
#97

Beautiful taxonomy filters

beautiful-taxonomy-filters 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#97

Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider

carousel-horizontal-posts-content-slider 2K installs · 4.1 stars
#97

Compact Archives

compact-archives 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

Flex Posts – Responsive Posts Block

flex-posts 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

Genesis Featured Widget Amplified

genesis-featured-widget-amplified 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#97

Post Content Shortcodes

post-content-shortcodes 2K installs · 4.8 stars
#97

Ultimate Post List

ultimate-post-list 2K installs · 4.6 stars
#97

Books Gallery – Book Showcase, Library & Affiliate Plugin

wp-books-gallery 2K installs · 4.8 stars
#97

Zone Manager (Zoninator)

zoninator 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

Zotpress

zotpress 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#108

Advanced Recent Posts Widget

advanced-recent-posts-widget 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#108

Ajax Archive Calendar

ajax-archive-calendar 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#108

Post Grid Master — Post Grids & AJAX Filters

ajax-filter-posts 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#108

Archive Control

archive-control 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Random Posts and Pages Widget

ays-random-posts-and-pages 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Blog, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor

blog-posts-and-category-for-elementor 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#108

Chronological Posts

chronological-posts 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#108

Custom Recent Posts Widget

custom-recent-posts-widget 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#108

EasyIndex

easyindex 1K installs · 4.2 stars
#108

ERE Recently Viewed – Essential Real Estate Add-On

ere-recently-viewed 1K installs
#108

ERE Similar Properties – Essential Real Estate Add-On

ere-similar-properties 1K installs
#108

Evermore

evermore 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

ExS Widgets

exs-widgets 1K installs
#108

Filterable Portfolio

filterable-portfolio 1K installs · 4.2 stars
#108

Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget

genesis-featured-content-widget 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection

guten-post-layout 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#108

List Last Changes

list-last-changes 1K installs · 4.8 stars
#108

Loop Grid Extender for Elementor – ACF Repeater & Smart Filters

loop-grid-extender-for-elementor-pro 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Mooberry Book Manager

mooberry-book-manager 1K installs · 4.6 stars
#108

news ticker benaceur

news-ticker-benaceur 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Popular Posts by Webline

popular-posts-by-webline 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#108

Post Slider For WPBakery Page Builder

post-carousel-slider-for-visual-composer 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#108

Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget

post-grid-carousel-ultimate 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#108

Post List Designer – Category Post, Recent Post, Post List

post-list-designer 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#108

Post Order By Category

post-order-by-category 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Post Grid & Post Slider – Carousel, Filter Tabs & Related Posts

post-slider-carousel 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#108

Posts By Tag

posts-by-tag 1K installs · 3.8 stars
#108

Powerful Posts Per Page (PPPP)

pppp 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

PRyC WP: Add custom content to post and page (top/bottom)

pryc-wp-add-custom-content-to-bottom-of-post 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Quotes and Tips by BestWebSoft

quotes-and-tips 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#108

Random Post for Widget

random-post-for-widget 1K installs · 4.7 stars
#108

Manual Related Posts

related 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#108

Event Timeline – Vertical Timeline

rich-event-timeline 1K installs · 4.7 stars
#108

Simple Masonry Layout

simple-masonry-layout 1K installs · 4.4 stars
#108

Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible

simple-posts-ticker 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#108

Team Showcase

team 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#108

Team Builder Member Showcase

team-builder-member-showcase 1K installs · 3.8 stars
#108

TW Recent Posts Widget

tw-recent-posts-widget 1K installs · 4.4 stars
#108

upPrev

upprev 1K installs · 4.6 stars
#108

Exclude Category from Blog

wonderplugin-exclude-category 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#108

WP Most Popular

wp-most-popular 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#108

WP Sitemap Pages and Posts

wp-sitemap-pages-and-posts 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#150

Category Archives Block

category-archives-block 900 installs · 4.2 stars
#150

Featured Image Pro Post Grid

featured-image-pro 900 installs · 5.0 stars
#150

Most And Least Read Posts Widget

most-and-least-read-posts-widget 900 installs · 5.0 stars
#150

Post Layouts

post-layouts 900 installs · 4.5 stars
#154

Portfolio Grid – Filterable Gallery, Grid & Slider Showcase

advance-portfolio-grid 800 installs · 4.4 stars
#154

Blog-in-Blog

blog-in-blog 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#154

Service Showcase

service-showcase 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#154

WP Top News — Build a Complete News Portal in WordPress

wp-top-news 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#158

Albo Pretorio On line

albo-pretorio-on-line 700 installs · 5.0 stars
#158

Archive Page

archive-page 700 installs · 5.0 stars
#158

Post Timeline

post-timeline 700 installs · 4.2 stars
#158

Custom Query Blocks

post-type-archive-mapping 700 installs · 4.6 stars
#162

AlphaListing

alphalisting 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#162

Custom Posts Per Page Reloaded

custom-posts-per-page-reloaded 600 installs
#162

List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and Titles

list-all-posts-by-authors-nested-categories-and-titles 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#162

List Child Pages Shortcode

list-child-pages-shortcode 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#162

Query Loop Post Selector

query-loop-post-selector 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#162

Hidden Password Protected Pages

wp-hidden-password-protected-page 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#168

GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress

gs-books-showcase 500 installs · 4.8 stars
#168

FancyPost – Post Blocks, Grids & Sliders for Block Editor and Elementor

post-block 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#168

Simply Excerpts

simply-excerpts 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#171

Default Sort Ascend

default-sort-ascend 400 installs · 4.9 stars
#171

Events Slider, Events Carousel, Events Grid, Events Timeline and Events Filter Bar for The Events Calendar – Eventful

eventful 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#171

Fast Etsy Listings

fast-etsy-listings 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#171

Restaurant Food Menu by WP Darko – Drag & Drop Restaurant Menu Builder for WordPress

restaurant-food-menu 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#171

Tainacan Extra View Modes

tainacan-extra-view-modes 400 installs
#171

Timeline Blocks

timeline-blocks 400 installs · 4.8 stars
#177

Advanced Related Posts

advanced-related-posts 300 installs · 4.0 stars
#177

Blogroll Links

blogroll-links 300 installs
#177

Blogsqode – Blog Layouts and News Post Design

blogsqode-posts 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#177

Recent Category Posts Widget

category-posts-widget 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#177

Fancy Post Grid – Ultimate Post Grid Builder

fancy-post-grid 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#177

Limit Post Add-On

limit-post-add-on 300 installs · 3.0 stars
#177

Recently

recently 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#177

Oshirase Ichiran

simple-oshirase 300 installs
#177

Featured Image Thumbnail Grid

thumbnail-grid 300 installs · 4.7 stars
#177

Visual Recipe Index

visual-recipe-index 300 installs · 4.4 stars
#177

WZ Followed Posts – Display what visitors are reading

where-did-they-go-from-here 300 installs · 3.0 stars
#177

Recent Posts Widget Advanced

widget-recent-posts-with-category-choice 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#177

WP News – WordPress News / Magazine Plugin

wp-news-magazine 300 installs · 2.5 stars
#177

XV Random Quotes

xv-random-quotes 300 installs · 3.7 stars
#191

Custom Posts Order

custom-posts-order 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#191

Flexi Post Grid

flexi-post-grid 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#191

Project Showcase – Case Studies, Project Portfolio & Project Grid

gs-projects 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#191

PE Category Filter

pe-category-filter 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#191

Post Sliders

post-sliders 200 installs · 4.0 stars
#191

TableOn – WordPress Posts Table Filterable 

posts-table-filterable 200 installs · 4.6 stars
#191

On This Day (by Room 34)

room-34-presents-on-this-day 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#191

RPWS Taxonomy Filter Lite

rpws-ew-taxonomy-filter-lite 200 installs
#191

VS Link Manager

very-simple-link-manager 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#191

WP Film Studio – WordPress Movie Maker/Production Plugin

wp-film-studio 200 installs · 5.0 stars
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