Description
At a glance
WP Popular Posts v7.4.3 — free WordPress plugin download. Key facts: 100K+ active installs · 4.5/5 rating from 249 reviews · updated September 27, 2026 · requires WordPress 6.2+ & PHP 7.4+.
WP Popular Posts is a highly customizable plugin that displays your most popular posts.
PSA: Plugin has been renamed as WP Popular Posts!
See the announcement for more details.
Main Features
- Multiple Popular Posts Lists – You can have several Popular Posts lists on your blog, each with its own settings!
- Time Range – List those posts of your blog that have been the most popular ones within a specific time range (eg. last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 30 days, etc)!
- Custom Post-type support – Want to show other stuff than just posts and pages, eg. Popular Products? You can!
- Thumbnails! – Display a thumbnail of your posts! (see the FAQ section for more details.)
- Statistics dashboard – See how your popular posts are doing directly from your admin area.
- Sorting options – Order your popular list by comments, views (default) or average views per day!
- Custom themes – Out of the box, WP Popular Posts includes some themes so you can style your popular posts list (see Widget Themes for more details).
- Use your own layout! – WPP is flexible enough to let you customize the look and feel of your popular posts! (see customizing WPP’s HTML markup and How to style WP Popular Posts for more.)
- Performance Tools! – WP Popular Posts includes a few options to make sure your site’s performance stays as good as ever! (see Performance for more details.)
- REST API support – Embed your popular posts in your (web) app! (see REST API Endpoints for more.)
- Elementor support – Are you building sites with Elementor? There’s a popular posts widget for it too!
- Disqus support – Sort your popular posts by Disqus comments count!
- Polylang & WPML 3.2+ support – Show the translated version of your popular posts!
- WordPress Multisite support – Each site on the network can have its own popular posts list!
Other Features
- Shortcode support – Use the [wpp] shortcode to showcase your most popular posts on pages, too! For usage and instructions, please refer to the Installation section.
- Template tags – Don’t feel like using blocks? No problem! You can still embed your most popular entries on your theme using the
wpp_get_mostpopular()template tag. Additionally, thewpp_get_views()template tag allows you to retrieve the views count for a particular post. For usage and instructions, please refer to the Installation section. - Localization – Translate WPP into your own language.
- WP-PostRatings support – Show your visitors how your readers are rating your posts!
PSA: The classic WP Popular Posts widget has reached End-of-Life
The classic WP Popular Posts widget doesn’t work very well with the block-based Widgets editor introduced with WordPress 5.8.
This new Widgets editor expects WordPress blocks instead of regular WordPress widgets. If you’re using the classic WP Popular Posts widget please follow the Migration Guide to replace it with the WP Popular Posts block, the [wpp] shortcode, or the WP Popular Posts widget for Elementor.
Bjorn from wplearninglab.com was kind enough to create a video explaining how to use the new block for all of you visual learners:
Support the Project!
If you’d like to support my work and efforts to creating and maintaining more open source projects your donations and messages of support mean a lot!
WP Popular Posts is now also on GitHub!
Looking for a Recent Posts widget just as featured-packed as WP Popular Posts? Try Recently!
Credits
- Flame graphic by freevector/Vecteezy.com.
Frequently asked questions
What is WP Popular Posts?
WP Popular Posts is a free WordPress plugin available under the GPL license. The current version is 7.4.3. It is active on over 100K websites.
Is WP Popular Posts free to download?
Yes — WP Popular Posts 7.4.3 is a free GPL download with no hidden fees, no account needed, and no feature locked behind a paywall in this package. Users rate it 4.5 out of 5 based on 249 reviews.
How do I install WP Popular Posts 7.4.3?
Download the ZIP file from this page, then in your WordPress dashboard go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the file, click Install Now, then Activate. The plugin works immediately after activation — no license key or extra setup is required for the core features.
What are the requirements for WP Popular Posts?
WP Popular Posts 7.4.3 requires WordPress 6.2 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher. Most modern WordPress hosts already meet these versions. Running older versions may cause features to break, so update WordPress and PHP first if your site is behind.
When was WP Popular Posts last updated?
Version 7.4.3 was last updated on September 27, 2026. This page is refreshed automatically, so the download here always matches the newest version we have verified.
Is the WP Popular Posts download safe?
The file is sourced directly from the official WordPress.org repository — the same file the developer published. It is served unmodified, so what you install here is byte-identical to the official release.
Version: 7.4.3
Updated: October 1, 2026
Technical details
| Version | 7.4.3 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 27, 2026 |
| Active installs | 100,000+ |
| Rating | ★★★★★ 4.5/5 (249 reviews) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 or higher |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 or higher |
| Author | Hector Cabrera |
| Tags | popular, popularity, posts, top, trending |
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