W4 Post List for WordPress

Include/exclude posts by ID, exclude the current post

Filter by parent, author, taxonomy terms (tax query), custom fields (meta query) and dates (date query)

Items per page, with multi-page pagination

Group results by

Year, month, or month + year

Category, tag or any custom taxonomy

Author

Parent

Order results by

ID, title, slug, publish date, modified date, menu order, comment count, custom field value, or random

Pagination

Next/previous links or numeric navigation, with optional AJAX page loading

Full control over the output Output is template-driven: every list has an HTML template with template tags like [post_title], [post_permalink], [featured_image], [post_author_name] and [post_meta key="..."]. Start from a ready-made template — cards, archives, category indexes, user directories — and tweak it, or write your own markup for pixel-perfect control. A live preview in the editor shows your changes before you save. If you want a drag-and-drop visual builder, this plugin isn’t that — it keeps you close to your own HTML, which is exactly why themes and developers like it.

See the full template tag reference and live examples with copy-paste templates.

Lightweight, independently measured WP Hive independently measures W4 Post List at 19 KB memory usage and +0.05 s page-speed impact — better than 99% of the plugins they test. No bundled frameworks, no frontend bloat.

Privacy Policy W4 Post List uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.

Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.

Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.

Learn more about how Appsero collects and uses this data.