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List category posts
This dependable veteran turns category chaos into tidy lists.
HealthyDeclining
82/100
This reliable tool provides flexible shortcodes for displaying categorized posts with minimal issues.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.7★
254 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-48%
Declining fast
420 → 220 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 48% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -48% in the last year
420/day a year ago→220/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayList Category Posts is a well-regarded, reliable plugin for displaying categorized post lists via shortcode, appreciated for its flexibility and long-term stability, with the main caveat being a reported mobile text-wrapping issue.
What people like
- +Highly flexible shortcode with many parameters for controlling how posts are displayed×5
- +Solves the specific need of listing posts by category on a single page×4
- +Works reliably over long periods without issues×2
- +CSS customization is possible and documented, allowing further visual control×2
- +Compatible with page builders such as Beaver Builder (free version)
- +Replaces hacky manual theme edits, making upgrades easier
Common complaints
- −Post titles do not wrap properly on mobile devices — words break at odd places on small screens
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 254 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-12★★★★★FantasticJlwp
- 2024-09-02★★★★★wonderful plugingdavide
- 2024-02-23★★★★★Works great with the free Beaver Builder!Brisch
- 2024-01-12★★★★★Enhancing Content Organization and Presentation: A Review of List Category PostsAlex De Py
- 2023-09-06★★★★★Allows me to use WP like the database it isWebSprite
- 2023-08-17★★★★★great plugind2pren
- 2023-03-16★★★★★Great Plugintrevalyan
- 2023-02-24★★★★★great pluginmodelscoordinationil
- 2022-10-23★★★★★excellenttwohills
- 2022-05-08★★★★★Does what the plugin says it doesCloud Development
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.
215
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
226
Prior 7-day baseline
184
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
757
Mean release-day peak (30d)
199
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.9%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.20
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.68 → 4.67★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered