WordPress plugin comparison
Absolute Reviews vs Rating Widget
At a glance
- Absolute Reviews has more active installs: 5K+, against 400+ for Rating Widget.
- On a typical day, Absolute Reviews is downloaded about 44 times, Rating Widget about 8.
- Rating Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews, against 4.0 from 8 reviews.
- Absolute Reviews was updated more recently: Jun 9, 2026, against Jul 13, 2024 for Rating Widget.
- Absolute Reviews is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.5.14 for Rating Widget.
- Absolute Reviews has been around longer: since 2019, against 2020 for Rating Widget.
Line by line
Absolute Reviews leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Absolute Reviews |  Rating Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #2,931 | #9,760 |
| Active installs | 5K+ | 400+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 961 | 153 |
| Rating | 4.0(8) | 5.0(9) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.5.14 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.72 | ×0.08 |
| Last release | 5 months ago | 2 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.4 | 7.0 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
More comparisons
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free