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Plan a move Radar no. 47 · Quiet

Display Posts

By Bill Erickson

What it does: Lists posts on a page through a shortcode, filtered by category, author and more.

Why it’s listed: No update for two years. The Query Loop block now covers many post lists, but older pages may still use its shortcode. Its latest reviews average 4.9 stars and no public advisories are on record. Removing it leaves the raw shortcode text on every page that used it, so find those pages first.

View on WordPress.org ↗ Checked Reviewed by Abhishek Deshpande

Active installs
70k+
Last updated
2024-10-14
Tested up to
6.6.11
Rating
4.8 / 5 (164)
Version
3.0.3
Maintainers
1

Is Display Posts still maintained?

It has gone over two years without an update.

Quiet: No update for over a year.

Placements are our opinion, based on public evidence. Risk here means a plugin may not get a fix if a problem appears. It doesn’t mean we found a flaw, unless we show an advisory. Going quiet alone never puts a plugin in Replace now.

Updates No release since 2024-10-14. That was 2 yr 1 mo before our check. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Compatibility Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11. WordPress 7.1.4 was current on 2026-10-31. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Security No public advisories found. A quiet record is not proof of safety. wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31
Reviews The latest 10 reviews average 4.9 stars, against 4.8 overall. None of them gave 1 or 2 stars. Newest activity: 2025-08-27. We see no negative trend. WordPress.org reviews · checked 2026-10-31
Maintainers 1 listed contributor. No recent support threads. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Usage 4,732 downloads in the last 30 days, including updates. 94.8% of sites run version 3.0. WordPress.org stats · checked 2026-10-31

What to do next

  1. Back up the site, and use a staging copy for any change.
  2. Find pages using the shortcode, then rebuild them with one of the alternatives below.

If it works today, no need to panic. Plan the change around your next update.

Recommended alternatives to Display Posts

Query Loop block ↗

Built-in post lists and grids.

No extra plugin needed

GenerateBlocks ↗

Layout blocks with post loops.

200k+ installs · 4.9 stars · Updated 2026-10-13 · Tested 7.1.4

Kadence Blocks ↗

Extra layout and post blocks.

600k+ installs · 4.8 stars · Updated 2026-10-28 · Tested 7.1.4

Each listed plugin was updated in the last six months, is tested with WordPress 7.0 or newer, and had no open advisory in WPVulnerability when we checked. We have not tried them ourselves. No one pays to appear here.

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