Query Posts
A WordPress widget that gives you unlimited control over showing posts and pages.
3.7(3 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Query Posts is a WordPress page plugin with 900 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 78K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
3.7/53 reviews
900active installs
78K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
The Query Posts widget was written to allow users that don’t know their way around PHP to easily show posts in any way they’d like. It’s like having a cool WordPress developer as a friend ready to do your bidding. Seriously.
The widget has over 40 options to choose from. You can list posts by category, tag, custom taxonomies, author, date, time, name, or anything you can imagine. You can choose to show the full content, excerpts, or even a simple list. You can order the posts in all sorts of ways. Oh, and you can even show pages.
This is the widget that keeps users out of the code and gives them the ability to display items on their site how they want.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
Version 0.3.2
- Clean up of debug notices.
- Only show thumbnail settings if theme supports post thumbnails or the
get_the_image()function is present. - Apply widget title filters to the widget title.
- Better escaping of widget settings form elements.
Version 0.3.1
- Fix post types so individual IDs work.
- Fix
enable_widget_titlefor some instances where it didn’…
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