Post List Designer – Category Post, Recent Post, Post List
by InfornWeb · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 36K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display WordPress Post on your website in a List or Archive list view. Display category post, archive post, recent post and post list with category.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+43%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “post archive” and “category post” for “numeric” and “list view”. “post archive” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “numeric” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “category post” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “list view” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 47.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 21 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| recent post your tag | #5 | #14 | down 1 |
| recent | #8 | #12 | down 1 |
| post list your tag | #8 | #20 | up 1 |
| reading list | #5 | #12 | up 1 |
| list post your tag | #9 | #21 | up 1 |
| designer | #9 | #14 | 0 |
| category post your tag | #15 | #21 | up 2 |
| list | #15 | #23 | up 1 |
| list view | #14 | #17 | down 1 |
| post archive your tag | #18 | #20 | 0 |
| posts list | #11 | #20 | up 2 |
| recent posts | #12 | #17 | up 1 |
| numeric | #12 | #17 | up 2 |
| list posts | #16 | #23 | down 1 |
| list category posts | #11 | #23 | up 1 |
| post pagination | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| wp designer | #11 | #18 | down 1 |
| list post by category | #13 | #22 | 0 |
| frontpage | #20 | #12 | 0 |
| post rating | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
100 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 70 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “post archive” and “category post” for “numeric” and “list view”. “post archive” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “numeric” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “category post” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “list view” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “category post”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
21d ago
latest release · v3.4.5 · 11 Oct 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 18 Jan 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pablovillaverde3.8y ago
Quick response and very efficient.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ joannamariegocorolle4.1y ago
Awesome plugin and awesome support!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ireneestudio274.6y ago
Their plugin works perfectly, and makes it easy to display custom posts where wordpress can’t. It is really worth buying the premium version. In addition, the post-sale technical support has been super fast and efficient. 100/100!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Enrique Gonzalez5.2y ago
I will list all your site instead of the requested category. Really bad
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jgjador5.5y ago
This plugin is really amazing. Really easy to understand and use. You can control which post your want to show on your homepage by category. You can easily manage what you want to show on the grid. I recommend strongly for you to install and try it for yourself. This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by jgjador.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ abdullahtofaa5.6y ago
The plugin is a Very Good Plugin and the support team is very friendly. They have solved my problem very quickly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rodrigo Alexandre Alves6.5y ago
Cumpre o que promete! Quando nos deparamos com questões de tradução e idioma, rápidamente nos auxiliaram e nos ajudara a resolver o problema. Agradecemos a gentileza e ao suporte atencioso e prestativo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WP OnlineSupport8.6y ago
Nice plugin and good work 🙂 Keep it up
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.4.5). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ↗2026-04-30 CVE-2024-13362 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.7 Patched in 3.3.8
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Posts List Designer by Category – List Category Posts Or Recent Posts <= 3.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-01-19 CVE-2024-23502 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.2 Patched in 3.3.3
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3 Patched in 3.3.1
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Posts List Designer by Category <= 3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scriptiong via Shortcode ↗2023-01-06 CVE-2022-4749 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.1 Patched in 3.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display WordPress Post on your website in a List or Archive list view. Display category post, archive post,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 10,629 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- B Bake Posts 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Admin Taxonomy Filter 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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