# WP Popular Posts

> A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:30 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wordpress-popular-posts`
- Author: Hector Cabrera
- Version: 7.4.4
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-02 (11 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 7.4
- Tags: popular, popularity, posts, top, trending
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 11 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-01 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Disclosure in 'post_type' and 'context' Parameters (up to 7.4.2). CVE-2026-92548, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09c63c2f-d2d3-4c39-8329-0e0e5b62db98?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-03 HIGH: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution (up to 7.1.0). CVE-2024-11733, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c38ac8d6-c6de-4be7-bf7b-198e085a0ad2?source=api-prod
- 2023-10-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (before 6.3.3). CVE-2023-45607, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a91e8713-a760-4acd-9987-2a6b11dbdd56?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-18 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Views Changes (up to 6.0.5). CVE-2022-43468, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f42b3fc-cb2a-4e95-a55b-608ae64d8b58?source=api-prod
- 2022-06-29 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.5.1). WF-db2a0b6f-5629-4ebe-8431-ebb3bc583e31, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db2a0b6f-5629-4ebe-8431-ebb3bc583e31?source=api-prod
- 2021-11-12 HIGH: Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload (up to 5.3.2). CVE-2021-42362, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb37b784-b1ff-4cee-889d-751218e5b95d?source=api-prod
- 2021-07-04 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.3.3). CVE-2021-36872, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9012824-7221-4b93-a5fb-65caf7994e92?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-23 MEDIUM: Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (before 5.3.3). CVE-2021-20746, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47d4cf6a-400f-4001-95de-f93e574bb2ef?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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