Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want vs Smart Archives Reloaded
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
Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,634, ahead of Smart Archives Reloaded at #7,050. Over the last 7 days Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want slipped 7 places and Smart Archives Reloaded slipped 8 places. Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want has the largest install base, roughly 11× the next: 10K+ active installs against 900+ for Smart Archives Reloaded. Downloads this week: Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 1,034 and Smart Archives Reloaded 36. Ratings: Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 4.2★ from 17 and Smart Archives Reloaded 4.3★ from 15 reviews.
| Metric | Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want | Smart Archives Reloaded |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,634 ▼ 7 | #7,050 ▼ 8 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 900+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 1,034 | 36 |
| Rating | 4.2★ (17) | 4.3★ (15) |
| Last updated | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Current version | 2.5.1 | 2.0.5 |
| Best rank on record | #1,612 | #6,975 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Mar 2021 | Aug 2008 |
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
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want or Smart Archives Reloaded?
By active installs, Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want: 10K+ sites run it against 900+ for Smart Archives Reloaded, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 19, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want or Smart Archives Reloaded?
Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want, at #1,634 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Smart Archives Reloaded at #7,050. 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 Smart Archives Reloaded 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.