This plugin shows posts from a category on any page you like using shortcodes. Create multiple blogs within a blog using a category.
As of April 2026, Blog-in-Blog is a WordPress cms plugin with 900 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 110K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: White Label CMS.
Blog-in-Blog allows you to use the WordPress platform for it’s CMS features, but still have a blog page on your site. Posts selected by category, post_type, tag or any combination thereof, can be used to feed the ‘special’ blog page, and can optionally be hidden from the home page.
You can have more than one category hidden from the homepage (not post_types or tags).
You can also use this plugin to show posts on the same page from different categories, post_types or tags, but in several different blocks and using different layout templates.
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Important:…
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Security release addressing two reported vulnerabilities.
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