Page-list

82 Quality Score

Active Installs

20/30

At 30,000 active installs it sits in the mid-range of WordPress plugins, narrowly focused enough that it has not broken into mainstream awareness but established enough to be trusted by thousands of sites.

Update Freshness

25/25

The last update date and a perfect maintenance score signal an actively maintained codebase, though the requires-WordPress minimum of 3.0 is far behind current standards and exists only for legacy compatibility.

User Rating

14/15

A 94 out of 100 from 89 reviewers is an excellent score for a utility plugin, reflecting consistently positive experiences with the shortcode flexibility and reliability.

Support Health

8/15

Only two support threads exist, but both were resolved, which technically equals the maximum rate; the very low thread volume makes this score meaningful but not statistically deep.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is flagged as full marks, including a recent WordPress 7.0 test pass, suggesting the shortcodes behave well across modern themes and block and classic editors.

Scores higher than 86% of indexed plugins

About

[pagelist], [subpages], [siblings] and [pagelist_ext] shortcodes

Active Installs 30k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.7/5

Last Updated 2026-05-29 3:09am GMT

Requires WordPress 3.0+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Security History

4 known vulnerabilities, all patched

4 Medium

Most recent: June 5, 2026

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What It Does

Page-list adds four shortcodes to WordPress that output structured lists of pages: [pagelist] for querying pages by parameters, [subpages] for showing children of the current page, [siblings] for pages sharing the same parent, and [pagelist_ext] for the full query engine. It works as a shortcode-driven page directory tool, letting you embed custom navigation, sitemaps, or documentation indexes anywhere on a site without writing PHP templates.

Who It's For

This plugin is a strong fit for sites built heavily around WordPress Pages rather than Posts, including documentation portals, knowledge bases, school or program indexes, and intranet sites with deep hierarchies. It also suits publishers and small businesses who want a lightweight, non-JavaScript navigation widget without installing a full menu plugin or page builder addon.

Who Should Skip It

If your site is mostly a blog driven by Posts and categories, or if you already rely on a full SEO plugin with built-in XML sitemaps, this shortcode set adds little practical value. Teams that need drag-and-drop visual builders, conditional page display based on user roles, or automatic schema-rich sitemaps for Google Search Console should look elsewhere.

The Bottom Line

Page-list scores 81.65 out of 100 on PluginCheck and earns a 94 out of 100 user rating with a perfect maintenance signal, making it a quietly reliable pick for anyone organizing a page-heavy site. It is not flashy and will not replace a full SEO or sitemap suite, but for the narrow job of listing and linking WordPress Pages via shortcodes it does the work cleanly. Recommended for hierarchical Page-based sites, easy to skip for everyone else.

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Disable WP Sitemaps

Use this tiny utility only if you want to turn off core WordPress sitemaps entirely, which is the opposite use case from Page-list.