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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 5.2.28 #2 in category post

Bake Posts

Bake post is developed in order to display posts in pages or in widget areas just by pasting the respective shortcodes. Individual shortcodes are available for displaying recent posts, posts on categories and tags. It…

Active installs30+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d83▲ +27.7% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/53 reviews
Health score31/100At risk
All-time downloads4KSince Aug 2014
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0.1PHP any
Downloads · 7d26▲ +18.2% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Bake Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (30+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 7 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 5.2 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

246Jun 29Aug 12Sep 26
Yesterday5
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day11May 15, 2026
Last 12 months678

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Bake Posts stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
category post >100 9,011 Best category post plugins →
id >100 10,000 Best id plugins →
recent post >100 2,838 Best recent post plugins →
slug >100 6,604 Best slug plugins →
tag post >100 10,000 Best tag post plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.2100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Bake Posts

From the official readme · v2.2

Description

Bake post is developed in order to display posts in pages or in widget areas just by pasting the respective shortcodes. Individual shortcodes are available for displaying recent posts, posts on categories and tags. It has a feature to display featured image as a thumbnail. Shortcode generator is also available to generate shortcodes according to requirement.

Shortcodes for displaying Recent Posts are

1.[bake-post-recent limit=5 excerpt=”no” featured_image=”yes”]

2.[bake-post-recent limit=5 excerpt=”yes”]

These two short codes can be used to display recent posts. Excerpt option can be used to display description as excerpt or full content. Featured Image can also be displayed by setting featured_image=”yes” in the shortcode.

Shortcodes for displaying Posts on category are

3.[bake-post-category term=’slug’ category=’all’ limit=5 excerpt=”no” featured_image=”yes”]

4.[bake-post-category term=’slug’ category=’all,stories’ limit=5 excerpt=”yes”]

5.[bake-post-category term=’id’ category=’1′ limit=5 excerpt=”yes” featured_image=”no”]

6.[bake-post-category term=’id’ category=’1,2,3′ limit=5 excerpt=”no”]

Term values differs from “id” or “slug”. If Slug is used, category value should be category slug values. For example, if your category name is short stories, Slug will be short-stories. We can use multiple slug values seperated by commas. If id is used, category value should be category id values. For example, We can use multiple id values seperated by commas.Featured Image can also be displayed by setting featured_image=”yes” in the shortcode.

Shortcodes for displaying Posts on Tags are

7.[bake-post-tags term=’slug’ tag=’tag1′ limit=5 excerpt=”yes”]

8.[bake-post-tags term=’id’ tag_id=’1,2,3′ limit=5 excerpt=”no”]

Featured Image can also be displayed by setting featured_image=”yes” in the shortcode.

Installation

1.Upload the bake-post directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ Directory (if not exists please create) or install using wordpress plugin installer

2.Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Changelog

2.2

  • Included Author,Category and published date
  • Included Character limit for excerpts
  • Bug fixes

2.1

  • Shortcode generator is included.
  • Displays Featured Image also.
  • Recent posts
  • Posts based on category
  • Posts based on tags
  • Title only, Excerpt, Content can be displayed

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Screenshot of shortcode generator page.
Screenshot of shortcode generator page.
Screenshot of pasting the generated shortcode in add new post page.
Screenshot of pasting the generated shortcode in add new post page.
Showing the post page displaying recent posts.
Showing the post page displaying recent posts.

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FAQ

Bake Posts: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

Is Bake Posts free?

Yes. Bake Posts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Bake Posts safe to use in 2026?

Bake Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Bake Posts?

Bake Posts is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,973 times since it launched in August 2014. It was downloaded 83 times in the last 30 days.

Does Bake Posts work with WordPress 7.1?

Bake Posts is officially tested up to WordPress 5.2.28, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Bake Posts last updated?

The latest version, 2.2, was released on June 11, 2019 (7 years ago).

Who makes Bake Posts?

Bake Posts is developed and maintained by wpnaga.

What are the best alternatives to Bake Posts?

The most popular alternatives to Bake Posts are Post List Designer (1K+ installs).

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