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TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 12 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
block#1TOP PICK
5.0088 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're surveying the marketplace
Widely used on this marketplace — not a like-for-like swap. AppRanks found no app sharing Like Post Block's category, so this is not a replacement for it — it is a widely-used block option shown for market context. Compare it against your own requirements rather than as a swap.
SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block
block#2RUNNER-UP
5.0076 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Adjacent tool, different job. Different use case from Like Post Block. Listed because it is among the most-adopted block apps on this marketplace, not because it covers the same job.
Lightweight Accordion
block#3VALUE PICK
5.0060 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're mapping adjacent tooling
Popular alternative to evaluate on its own merits. Solves a different problem than Like Post Block. Useful market context; verify the capability overlap yourself before treating it as an option.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
Like Post Block versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
RANKS #4 THROUGH #12
The next 9, denser.
Lower-ranked but legitimate. Click any row for the full profile — or compare side-by-side with Like Post Block.
How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against Like Post Block's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every WordPress alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM LIKE POST BLOCK?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of Like Post Block has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.
SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block · Lightbox for Gallery & Image BlockYou need a feature outside the focus
Each WordPress category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with Like Post Block. The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image BlockSupport response has slowed you down
Support quality is the hardest thing to read from a listing, and it is the most common reason a switch gets made. Read the most RECENT reviews on each alternative's profile rather than the lifetime average — recency is what tells you how the app is supported today, and trailing review velocity is the freshest signal AppRanks tracks.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is in the unknown band (—), while Like Post Block is unknown (—). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from Like Post Block, the most common landing spots are Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block (unknown feature match, audit null/100) and SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip Meta Field Block – Display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Unknown feature parity. Audit null, 5.00★.
If pricing matters most
→ SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block
Best for cost-sensitive teams. 5.00★ across 76 reviews.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ Lightweight Accordion
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
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