71
Posts 2 Posts
Relieved to ditch custom code but nervous about the lack of updates.
HealthyDeclining
71/100
The plugin offers great flexibility but users worry about its abandoned status.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
101 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-16%
Declining
110 → 92 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
Declining · -16% in the last year
110/day a year ago→92/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPosts 2 Posts is praised for its flexibility, solid documentation and ability to replace custom code, but users frequently note that it is effectively abandoned and can break after updates.
What people like
- +Solves major problems and is considered indispensable for many users×2
- +Provides excellent documentation×2
- +Offers flexible connection types, configuration options, and an admin interface for linking posts×2
- +Works as described and is reliable×2
- +Reduces need to develop custom code, saving development time×2
Common complaints
- −Plugin appears abandoned with little ongoing development or maintenance×3
- −Code is unreadable and difficult to modify
- −Fails after WordPress updates or actions, leading to incorrect behavior
- −Database tables not created on activation, causing connections not to be saved
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.82★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 101 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-04-02★★★★★The Best!Marina_Kolbina
- 2024-04-19★★★★★great plugin, really usefulAndrea Barbieri
- 2023-09-26★★★★★Awesomedmdnz
- 2022-12-29★★★★★Works flawlesslybrownpant
- 2018-01-18★★★★★Top extension for developpers but not more developedmfrerebeau
- 2018-01-18★★★★★Very usefulcertainlyakey
- 2017-11-28★★★★★Bestskriaz
- 2017-10-03★★★★★Huge load, unreadable code, Alternative for that pluginneatek
- 2017-08-22★★★★★Amazingsomecodeiwrote
- 2017-07-07★★★★★Old but goldMint Medillo
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.
111
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
87
Prior 7-day baseline
60
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
143
Mean release-day peak (30d)
114
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+27.6%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.16
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
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
4.82 → 4.82★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered