Posts Viewed Recently

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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. ★★★★★ Polaris

   4.1y ago

   Plugin does snot show any inforamation of any of the pages or posts. Matbe it is just not up to date anymore.

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2. ★★★★★ JJNW

   6.7y ago

   It works well. Very limited in options, but it does recognized custom posts, so that is why it immediately gets 5 starts (plus it works as described).

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3. ★★★★★ mounsey

   7.0y ago

   This plugin is absolutely brilliant – and I’ve used it successfully to output “Recently Viewed Products” – on an eCommerce site. I have only encountered one potential issue (it could be a conflict with Storefront Theme, not sure..?) – and that is that when used as a Widget (as is the case here) the surrounded DIV tag doesn’t appear to close properly (???) – resulting in any widgets that FOLLOW this one being adversely affected (e.g. smaller text – following on from that set for the Recently Viewed widget). Unsure if a widespread issue but it has meant I’ve had to have it as the final widget, whereas ideally I wanted it up top! Aside from that minor issue this is a superb plugin and one that does exactly what it says it will.. with minimal setup needed! Thanks and kudos to the authors.

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4. ★★★★★ jelena1401

   7.0y ago

   Great plugin, lightweight, works perfectly and it’s easy to apply some custom CSS to the output. Support from the developer is outstanding! Just make sure you don’t have a server-side caching system (like Varnish, for example), because it may interfere with the cookies that are needed in order to display the post list to each user individually based on their visits. Other than that, works perfectly. Thanks for making this great plugin! This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by jelena1401.

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5. ★★★★★ WPpress

   8.7y ago

   Thank you for this amazing plugin. Saved me a lot of time in coding and researching.

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6. ★★★★★ smart.u

   10.1y ago

   Thanks for sharing this awesome and helpful plugin. The shortcode option makes it very versatile. It is kept simple per design and does it’s trick as described in a perfect way. Please do not change anything. 🙂

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   10.8y ago

   Works with custom post types. Can be configured to monitor for views of specific post types. I’m happy. Thank you to the developers!

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8. ★★★★★ waheez

   12.2y ago

   Great little handy plugin, however it would be nice to have template option and you be able to specify a template for your widget list. E.g. I would like to display along Title, some other post metadata e.g. price etc.

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

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-15 800+ → 700+ down after 268 days in tier
2. 2025-08-20 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-08-18 800+ → 900+ up after 4 days in tier
4. 2025-08-14 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-08-13 800+ → 900+ up after 5 days in tier
6. 2025-08-08 900+ → 800+ down after 251 days in tier
7. 2024-11-30 1K+ → 900+ down

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).

• DD Last Viewed 400+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Recently 300+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Switcher 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Recently registered widget 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP Recently Viewed 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B

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Posts Viewed Recently: 700+ active installs, 4.8★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/posts-viewed-recently