Who should use WP Popular Posts?

WP Popular Posts is a consumer product built for wordpress site owners.

Does WP Popular Posts have a free plan?

Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.

What platforms does WP Popular Posts run on?

WP Popular Posts runs on the web.

Is WP Popular Posts still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 21 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to WP Popular Posts?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include WordPress plugin, MNP Newsroom – Popular Posts, and WordPress plugin.

Who develops WP Popular Posts?

WP Popular Posts is developed by Hector Cabrera.

How long has WP Popular Posts been around?

WP Popular Posts first shipped in 2008.

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WP Popular Posts

Name: WP Popular Posts
Author: Hector Cabrera

wordpress.orgSEO & content marketing

WP Popular Posts is a WordPress plugin that allows site owners to display lists of their most popular posts, with customizable settings for time ranges, post types, and display options. It helps increase user engagement by highlighting trending content.

FreemiumGPL-2.0WebCloud-managed

Visit wordpress.org

283stars

81forks

5features

2008since

Overview

5 features

WP Popular Posts sits in PulseGate's SEO & content marketing category. It focuses on helping WordPress site owners showcase their most popular content to increase engagement. WP Popular Posts is a consumer product aimed at wordpress site owners. A free plan is available. WP Popular Posts is available on the web.

It is developed by Hector Cabrera, and it first shipped in 2008. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 283 stars and 21 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 5 catalogued features are popular posts lists, custom time ranges, and custom post-type support. The interface is available in English, Spanish, and Dutch.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Popular posts lists
Custom time ranges
Custom post-type support
Thumbnails
Statistics dashboard

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Trust & compliance

License

GPL-2.0

Verified signals

HTTPSGitHub · ★ 283Active maintenanceMulti-language

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed27 Jun · 18:16 UTC
Listing verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about WP Popular Posts

What does WP Popular Posts do?: WP Popular Posts focuses on helping WordPress site owners showcase their most popular content to increase engagement. It is catalogued under SEO & content marketing on PulseGate.
Who should use WP Popular Posts?: WP Popular Posts is a consumer product built for wordpress site owners.
Does WP Popular Posts have a free plan?: Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
What platforms does WP Popular Posts run on?: WP Popular Posts runs on the web.
Is WP Popular Posts still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 21 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to WP Popular Posts?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include WordPress plugin, MNP Newsroom – Popular Posts, and WordPress plugin.WordPress plugin MNP Newsroom – Popular Posts WordPress plugin
Who develops WP Popular Posts?: WP Popular Posts is developed by Hector Cabrera.
How long has WP Popular Posts been around?: WP Popular Posts first shipped in 2008.

At a glance

Pricing: Freemium · pricing page detected
Platforms: Web · Api
Languages: English, Spanish, Dutch
Open source: Yes · ★ 283
License: GPL-2.0
Built for: wordpress site owners
Model: B2C
Solves: Helping WordPress site owners showcase their most popular content to increase engagement.

Registered as

GitHub: cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts
WordPress.org: wordpress-popular-posts

Developer

Hector Cabrera

Community-driven

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 283
Forks: 81
Open issues: 10
Last commit: 7 Jun 2026
Commits 90d: 21
Contributors: 26
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: master
Latest release: 7.4.0-rev-1 · 7 Jun 2026

Index record

Identity confidence: High · 95.6
Indexed: 27 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 27 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: wp-popular-posts-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 27 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts

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