Hide Posts vs Hide posts for specific roles (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Hide posts for specific roles
20 active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Hide Posts has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 22 reviews) and leads in active installations (20K+ vs 20). Both are free WordPress plugins. Hide Posts has accumulated 250K+ total downloads while Hide posts for specific roles has 1.9K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Hide Posts | Hide posts for specific roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ◄ | N/A |
| Total Reviews | 22 | ◄ | 0 |
| Active Installs | 20K+ | ◄ | 20 |
| Total Downloads | 250K+ | ◄ | 1.9K+ |
| Support Resolution | 0% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 4 months ago | ◄ | 6 years ago |
| First Released | 2017 | 2016 | |
| Age | 9 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | 3.6+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.3+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
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Plugin Affected SEO After WordPress Update
I have been using the “Hide Posts” plugin by MartinCV for approximately 1.5 years, and up until recently, it has been a useful tool for managing which posts to display on my WordPress site. The abilit
Perfect Right Out of the Box; Does Not Affect SEO
Perfect. It does exactly what it says, and it offers lots of display options. It also doesn’t affect SEO because I can see my posts in the xml sitemap after hiding it from the archive.
I needed to hide alphabetical posts from search results
I made 20 something posts with lists of links by town/city. The links would then go off to the various towns and city pages. For some reason when I searched for a town in search the new alphabetical p
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