92
Insert Pages
A reliable little tool for anyone tired of manual content duplication.
HealthyGrowing
92/100
This focused utility solves a specific content reuse problem well despite occasional compatibility issues with other plugins.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.8★
71 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+103%
Growing fast
87 → 176 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +103% in the last year
87/day a year ago→176/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayInsert Pages is a well-regarded, focused utility plugin for embedding pages and custom post types within other WordPress content, appreciated for its simplicity and responsive developer support, though it has occasionally broken compatibility with third-party plugins after updates.
What people like
- +Does exactly what it promises — inserting pages, posts, and custom post types into other content — with minimal setup×7
- +Solves a specific, hard-to-address WordPress need (reusing content across pages without duplication)×4
- +Works with custom post types and integrates with ACF for searching custom posts×2
- +Developer (Paul Ryan) is responsive and has issued quick fixes when breakage is reported×3
- +Useful for building reusable headers, footers, and navigation elements in page builders like Elementor×2
Common complaints
- −Updates have broken compatibility with third-party plugins, including Elementor and Autoptimize×3
- −A recent update caused slug-based insertion to fail when a page name contained parentheses
- −Behavior varies by theme — requires trial and error to find the right configuration for a given setup
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.79★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-12-062026-03-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 71 total
Latest reviews · 71 analyzed
- 2025-12-21★★★★★Awesomelineuponline
- 2025-11-13★★★★★really useful tool!joeb2880
- 2023-05-02★★★★★Labour Saving DeviceDaniel1-shot
- 2022-12-15★★★★★Does not work with Elementorwebstpro
- 2022-04-22★★★★★Exactly What I Needed!mchelles
- 2022-02-08★★★★★PerfectMatthias Bathke
- 2021-11-01★★★★★Thank you very much for thiscreactivemind
- 2021-10-13★★★★★This is awesomeSinkadus
- 2021-09-29★★★★★Awesomeflashfreak8
- 2021-09-17★★★★★how can I make custom urlgiokoykoy
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
192
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
161
Prior 7-day baseline
275
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,962
Mean release-day peak (30d)
281
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+19.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.58
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.77 → 4.79★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered