Display Posts vs Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent
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
Display Posts ranks #548 on the popular list; Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Display Posts has the largest install base, roughly 8000× the next: 80K+ active installs against 10+ for Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent. Downloads this week: Display Posts 966 and Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent 20.
| Metric | Display Posts | Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #548 ▲ 1 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 80K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 966 | 20 |
| Rating | 4.8★ (164) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Oct 14, 2024 | May 22, 2024 |
| Current version | 3.0.3 | 1.3 |
| Best rank on record | #540 | #33,974 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2011 | Jul 2017 |
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, Display Posts or Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent?
By active installs, Display Posts: 80K+ sites run it against 10+ for Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 22, 2026.
Are Display Posts or Sort dashboard posts/pages by parent 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.