GS Posts Grid – Recent Posts, Category Posts, Post Filter, Slider & List
by GS Plugins · Search
Also makes 18 other plugins · 40.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
GS Posts Grid – A flexible plugin to display posts in Grid, Masonry, Slider, Popup, List, Card, Table, Filter & Justified Gallery views.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “latest posts” for “posts grid”. “latest posts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “posts grid” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 63 average across 978 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 14.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 645 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search 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 6 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 3 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-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 posts your tag | #9 | #18 | down 1 |
| posts grid | #15 | #22 | up 1 |
| recent | #22 | #20 | 0 |
| recent posts tab | #12 | #22 | down 1 |
| recent posts shortcode | #14 | #22 | 0 |
| recent taxonomy posts | #15 | #23 | up 1 |
| most recent posts | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| card grid | #17 | #20 | down 1 |
| latest posts with thumbnails | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| advanced recent posts widget | #21 | #23 | down 3 |
| advanced recent posts | #22 | #23 | 0 |
| recent custom posts | #23 | #24 | — |
| display recent posts with images thumbnail | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| recent post | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| masonry posts | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| latest posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post filter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post grid your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 24 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “latest posts” for “posts grid”. “latest posts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “posts grid” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 648 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
6
releases in the last 12 months
3d ago
latest release · v3.0.5 · 28 Oct 2026
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Jul 2019
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "GS Posts Grid – A flexible plugin to display posts in Grid, Masonry, Slider, Popup, List, Card, Table, Filt..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 18 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 18 of 18 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("whether you are", "ideal for", "who need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 19 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 10,436 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("latest posts", "post filter", "post slider" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-10-18 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-10-13 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-10-07 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-06 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-10-02 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-01 100+ → 200+ up after 309 days in tier
- 2022-11-26 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-25 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
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).
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Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Post Slider 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - P Pixel Post Grid — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- Z Zamzam Post Grid Blocks — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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