Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want vs Category Posts Widget
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Category Posts Widget leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #879, ahead of Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want at #1,633. Over the last 7 days Category Posts Widget slipped 1 place and Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want slipped 7 places. Category Posts Widget has the largest install base, roughly 4× the next: 40K+ active installs against 10K+ for Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want. Downloads this week: Category Posts Widget 1,523 and Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 1,209. Ratings: Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 4.2★ from 17 and Category Posts Widget 4.5★ from 79 reviews.
| Metric | Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want | Category Posts Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,633 ▼ 7 | #879 ▼ 1 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 40K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 1,209 | 1,523 |
| Rating | 4.2★ (17) | 4.5★ (79) |
| Last updated | Oct 4, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Current version | 2.5.1 | 5.1.1 |
| Best rank on record | #1,612 | #867 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Mar 2021 | Oct 2007 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want or Category Posts Widget?
By active installs, Category Posts Widget: 40K+ sites run it against 10K+ for Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 16, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want or Category Posts Widget?
Category Posts Widget, at #879 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want at #1,633. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want or Category Posts Widget alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.