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Post Filter

Get rid of unwanted blogposts on your blog! How embarrassing, eh?!

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d73▲ +35.2% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score23/100At risk
All-time downloads3.6KSince Feb 2012
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 2.7PHP any
Downloads · 7d20• 0% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Post Filter shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 15 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 14 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 3.3 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

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

Daily downloads

134Jul 5Aug 18Oct 2
Yesterday4
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day12May 20, 2026
Last 12 months612

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

Rankings

Where Post Filter stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
delete >100 10,000 Best delete plugins →
keywords >100 3,294 Best keywords plugins →
post >100 10,000 Best post plugins →
posts >100 10,000 Best posts plugins →
seo >100 8,342 Best seo plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.1100.0%

About Post Filter

From the official readme · v1.1.0

Description

Delete unwanted posts by keyword

Get rid of unwanted blogposts on your blog! How embarrassing, eh?!

Just enter list of words and they will never see a day on your wordpress blog.

Do not allow authors to make your blog spam hole! Filter shity blog posts by keywords.

Auto delete (immediately after author clicks ‘publish’) unwanted posts by list of words.

Installation

  1. Download the .zip file
  2. Extract the zip-file, containing the folder “post-filter”
  3. Upload to your wp-content/plugins/ folder on your blog
  4. Log in to your blog, go to the plugins page and look for “Post Filter” and activate the plugin
  5. You can now access the plugin in your “Tool” menu under “Post Filter”

Changelog

1.1.0

  • Adding post filter counter to show count ot filtered posts

1.0.2

  • Adding default value for banned keywords

1.0.1

  • First release

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

Post Filter: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026

Is Post Filter free?

Yes. Post Filter is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Post Filter safe to use in 2026?

Post Filter shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 15 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Post Filter?

Post Filter is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,581 times since it launched in February 2012. It was downloaded 73 times in the last 30 days.

Does Post Filter work with WordPress 7.1?

Post Filter is officially tested up to WordPress 3.3.2, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Post Filter last updated?

The latest version, 1.1.0, was released on March 5, 2012 (15 years ago).

Who makes Post Filter?

Post Filter is developed and maintained by mlazarov.

What are the best alternatives to Post Filter?

The most popular alternatives to Post Filter are WP Bulk Delete (90K+ installs), Bulk Delete (30K+ installs) and Simple Revisions Delete (10K+ installs).

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