by Hector Cabrera 4.5 (249 reviews)

WP Popular Posts

Name: WP Popular Posts
Rating: 4.5 (249 reviews)
Author: Hector Cabrera

A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!

WP Popular Posts ranks #329 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #46 of 8,538 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 249 reviews, and was last updated Sep 4, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v7.4.2 Current Version v7.4.2

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 04 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#46 of 8,538 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -84.1% this week Actively maintained

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Rank

#329

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Active Installs

100K+

-43.9%

KW Avg Position

3.6

0.4 worse

Downloads

8.8M

+959 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (249 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 76%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

249 reviews

Overall 90%

206 (83%)

11 (4%)

6 (2%)

5 (2%)

21 (8%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

11 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jan 3, 2025

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 7.2.0

CVE-2024-11733 · Fixed in v7.2.0
Oct 9, 2023

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 6.3.3

CVE-2023-45607 · Fixed in v6.3.3
Oct 6, 2023

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 6.3.3

CVE-2023-45607 · Fixed in v6.3.3
Nov 18, 2022

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 6.1.0

CVE-2022-43468 · Fixed in v6.1.0
Jun 29, 2022

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 6.0.0

Fixed in v6.0.0
Jun 29, 2022

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 6.0.0

Fixed in v6.0.0
Jul 4, 2021

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 5.3.4

CVE-2021-36872 · Fixed in v5.3.4
Jun 23, 2021

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 5.3.3

CVE-2021-20746 · Fixed in v5.3.3
Jun 11, 2021

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 5.3.3

CVE-2021-42362 · Fixed in v5.3.3
Jun 7, 2021

WP Popular Posts [wordpress-popular-posts] < 5.3.3

Fixed in v5.3.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 7.4.2
Last Updated: Sep 04, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Hector Cabrera

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 249
Support Threads: 4
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

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WP Popular Posts is for WordPress site owners who want to showcase their most-viewed content to visitors. It solves the problem of surfacing popular content by tracking and displaying ranked lists of posts based on views, comments, or ratings, with extensive customization and theming options.