Ultimate Posts Widget

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 69% 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. ★★★★★ ChrisL

   3.8y ago

   This plugin recently became a spam address harvester, sending automated emails to registered users asking them to ‘confirm their address’. Don’t install.

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2. ★★★★★ deadweasel

   6.3y ago

   Really love this widget, looks great on my sidebar, once it’s configured. However, that configuration is a bit of a gotcha, as the visibility settings keep reverting to defaults with everything enabled (I only need the titles visible), so any time I change another tab’s settings, I also have to go to the Visibility tab and turn the default stuff back off again as well. It’s like the plugin isn’t reading the current visibility settings, and simply shows its own default selections whenever it loads its view, so that’s what gets submitted on save if you don’t go back in and set them right again.

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3. ★★★★★ Bobthearch

   8.3y ago

   This didn’t work at all for me. The Display, Filter, and Order tabs were not clickable, leaving no way to tell it which post(s) to use.

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4. ★★★★★ Rick

   8.6y ago

   This is an awesome plugin. It causes issues if you are using the widget on a Divi Sidebar module, it puts part of the sidebar code into the wp-admin dashboard on any pages with that module and widget on it. Unfortunately, I can’t change themes, so I couldn’t use, but overall this is a great plugin with lots of options.

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5. ★★★★★ Joona Nuutinen

   9.4y ago

   Installed to create a simple list of custom post type posts, and BOOM, worked just as I hoped.

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6. ★★★★★ milani

   9.4y ago

   Thanks for your great plugin Doesn’t your plugin have shortcode? I think, that would be great if you put shortcode for your plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ rbstern

   9.4y ago

   Lots of flexibility. Custom templates + css gives complete control. Was able to quickly integrate this into a site exactly as the site owner wanted.

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8. ★★★★★ Jayanta

   9.6y ago

   this solves a lot of problems for me…wonder why i didn’t find it before.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.3.2 Tested with WordPress 6.6 Minor performance improvements Improvements for PHP 8 utilization 2.3.2
2. — Version 2.3.1 [NOTE] Adjusted sanitization for widget fields even further [NOTE] Tested up with WordPress 6.4.3 2.3.1
3. — Version 2.3.0 [NOTE] Upgraded analyst module to latest version [NOTE] Improved sanitization of widget fields [NOTE] Tested up with WordPress 6.4.2 2.3.0
4. — Version 2.2.9 Resolved issue related to “exclude_current” missing index Updated “Try it out” module 2.2.9
5. — Version 2.2.8 Fixed incorrect calls to plugins_url Updated banner module Updated opt-in module Tested with WordPress 6.4 Resolved issues with PHP 8.2 2.2.8
6. — Version 2.2.7 Forced “Try it out” module to be disabled by default, user can still enable it manually. 2.2.7

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Inisev Analyst Module <= Various Versions - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-04-10 CVE-2024-31435 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.9 Patched in 2.3.0
2. Medium · 4.4 Ultimate Posts Widget <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-02-13 CVE-2024-0561 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.0 Patched in 2.3.1
3. Medium · 4.3 Inisev Plugins (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery on handle_installation function ↗
   2023-07-27 CVE-2023-3977 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.2.4 Patched in 2.2.5
4. Medium · 4.3 Inisev Plugins (Various Versions) - Missing Authorization on handle_installation function ↗
   2023-07-27 CVE-2023-0958 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.4 Patched in 2.2.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6

Translated into 74 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 50 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-05-06 20K+ → 10K+ 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).

• Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• ThemeZee Widget Bundle 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Ultimate Post List 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• F Featured Image 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Custom Post Type UI 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Ultimate Posts Widget: 10K+ active installs, 4.5★ (55 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ultimate-posts-widget