Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want vs The Post Grid
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
The Post Grid leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #417, ahead of Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want at #1,633. Over the last 7 days The Post Grid climbed 2 places and Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want slipped 7 places. The Post Grid has the largest install base, roughly 10× the next: 100K+ active installs against 10K+ for Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want. Downloads this week: The Post Grid 4,972 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 The Post Grid 4.8★ from 265 reviews.
| Metric | Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want | The Post Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,633 ▼ 7 | #417 ▲ 2 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 1,209 | 4,972 |
| Rating | 4.2★ (17) | 4.8★ (265) |
| Last updated | Oct 4, 2026 | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Current version | 2.5.1 | 7.9.7 |
| Best rank on record | #1,612 | #405 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Mar 2021 | Mar 2016 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 5 |
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 The Post Grid?
By active installs, The Post Grid: 100K+ 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 The Post Grid?
The Post Grid, at #417 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 The Post Grid 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.