by Essential Plugin 4.2 (24 reviews)

Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget

Name: Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget
Rating: 4.2 (24 reviews)
Author: Essential Plugin

A quick, easy way to add Popular/Trending posts slider, grid block and widget. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.

Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget ranks #4,434 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #135 of 2,168 in the Analytics category, a 4.2/5 rating from 24 reviews, and was last updated Apr 7, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.8.6.1 Current Version v1.8.6.1

Updated 6 months ago Last Update on 07 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#135 of 2,168 in Analytics Top 10% by installs

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#4,434

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Active Installs

2K+

-32.2%

KW Avg Position

2.6

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Downloads

146.3K

+1 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (24 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 93.7%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

24 reviews

Overall 84%

18 (75%)

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3 (13%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 months ago

Apr 9, 2026

Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget [wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget] < 1.8.6.1 (closed)

CVE-2026-6443 · Fixed in v1.8.6.1
Aug 16, 2023

Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget [wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget] < 1.6.1 (closed)

CVE-2023-40200 · Fixed in v1.6.1
Mar 30, 2023

Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget [wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget] < 1.5.8 (closed)

CVE-2022-46846 · Fixed in v1.5.8

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.6.1
Last Updated: Apr 07, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Essential Plugin

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 24
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

daily popular post views popular posts slider popular trending posts carousel popular trending posts widget trending posts slider

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to showcase their most-viewed or most-commented posts. It solves the problem of surfacing popular content by generating sliders, carousels, grid blocks, and widgets ranked by post views or comment count.