Flexible Posts Widget

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ aljuk

   7.5y ago

   This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by aljuk. This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by aljuk.

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2. ★★★★★ 7am

   8.1y ago

   The URI are different when you’re admin or just subscriber. Don’t work for everyone.

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3. ★★★★★ Bobthearch

   8.3y ago

   I can Select a Taxonomy as shown in the plugin screenshot, “Tags” for instance, but there is no Select Terms box. Without a way to select which tags, this plugin is useless. I suspect it needs to be updated. How so many non-functioning never-updated plugins are allowed to remain listed for all time at WordPress… So frustrating.

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4. ★★★★★ rom1our

   9.4y ago

   Imagine, you have a post about wedding and in the footer the flexible post widget shows – when the crawler passes – in the category “practical tipps” the post “public toilets”. When you search “public toilets in the city x” as result the search engine will give out the post of the wedding. Probably it would be necessary to noindex the output of the widget. I and others evidenced the problem to support but no answer. I’m actually looking for an alternative as this behaviour of the widget is not acceptable.

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5. ★★★★★ Torgut

   9.9y ago

   It works properly, but it lacks a nice visual design and above all, for what it is, it’s not understandable how come it doesn’t display the date of publishing of the posts.

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6. ★★★★★ GoddessNYC

   10.1y ago

   Great options and easy to use! Looks great on the sites! Thank you so much!

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 14978628

   10.2y ago

   Easily the best plugin of its kind. Thanks to the author for his amazing work! One small suggestion: provide the ability to not display current post in widget.

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8. ★★★★★ Christina

   10.3y ago

   This has got to be the most useful plugin of its kind.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.5.0 Major codebase rewrite to prepare for additional widgets, options. Automatically updates any widget settings when the plugin is updated to a new version Multi Language support (WPML & PolyLang) Term selection box now use 3.5.0
2. — Version 3.4.1 Version bump for WordPress 4.1 support. 3.4.1
3. — Version 3.4 Added Finnish language support. (Props: @eccola) Made the Template Filename field a select box based on the templates available in the current theme, the parent theme (if the current theme is a child theme) and the plugi 3.4
4. — Version 3.3.1 Added plugin icon. Version bump for WordPress 4.0 support. 3.3.1
5. — Version 3.3 Refactored the PHP Class to encapsulate the plugin. Added the ability to sort posts by “Post ID Order”. Useful when getting posts using the ID tab post__in . (Props: @cinus89) Added Russian translation. (Props: @mizhgun) 3.3
6. — Version 3.2.2 Version bump for WordPress 3.8 support 3.2.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 73 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 49 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-12-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 191 days in tier
2. 2025-05-26 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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Flexible Posts Widget: 7K+ active installs, 4.6★ (57 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/flexible-posts-widget