Display Posts
At risk: no release in 25 months (last release 14 Oct 2024).
Based on 3 of 5 areas
Capped at 59: a Critical signal is open.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 0 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | No data |
| Reputation | No data |
Quick answers
- Is Display Posts still maintained?
- No. Last release 14 Oct 2024, over 2 years ago. 14 Oct 2024 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Display Posts, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Display Posts removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Display Posts safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Display Posts update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 3.0.3. No one-star spike after it. 14 Oct 2024 · Release history
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| billerickson | 13 Jul 2011 to 14 Oct 2024, 66 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2011.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 2 years ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 0
- Tested up to
- 6.6 vs 7.1
- Requires PHP
- not stated supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 14 Oct 2024. Tested up to 6.6, 5 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.8.
| Q4 2023 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 5.0 |
Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q3 2025.
| 5 star | 149 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 9 |
| 3 star | 3 |
| 2 star | 2 |
| 1 star | 1 |
- Does Not Work Like the Picture · 1 star · 25 Feb 2023
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Momentum
70,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 327 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 901 |
| 18 May 2026 | 899 |
| 25 May 2026 | 883 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 819 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 858 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 806 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 751 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 766 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 772 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 783 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 872 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 863 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 879 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 839 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 805 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 886 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 677 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 650 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 741 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 785 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 808 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 857 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 897 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 1,481 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 1,440 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 169 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 21% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 3.0.3 |
|---|---|
| Author | Bill Erickson |
| Added | 13 Jul 2011 |
| Last updated | 14 Oct 2024 |
| Active installs | 70,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.6.11 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Category | Content Management > Blog & Article Publishing |
| Tags | page, pages, posts, query, shortcode |
Other plugins by this author: Kit (formerly ConvertKit) for WPForms
Questions
Is Display Posts still maintained?
No. Last release 14 Oct 2024, over 2 years ago.
Who owns Display Posts, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded.
Was Display Posts removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.
Is Display Posts safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest Display Posts update safe to install?
No ownership change before 3.0.3. No one-star spike after it.