WordPress plugin comparison

Advance Category Posts Widget vs AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor

Advance Category Posts Widget

by saurav.rox

70+ installs

AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor

by Andrei Strekozov

20K+ installs4.9

At a glance

AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor has more active installs: 20K+, against 70+ for Advance Category Posts Widget.
On a typical day, AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor is downloaded about 310 times, Advance Category Posts Widget about 4.
Advance Category Posts Widget has no reviews yet.
AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Apr 24, 2019 for Advance Category Posts Widget.
AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for Advance Category Posts Widget.
Advance Category Posts Widget has been around longer: since 2018, against 2020 for AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor.

AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Advance Category Posts Widget	AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor
Popular rank	#18,396	#1,368
Active installs	70+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	71	16.9K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(84)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.0.31	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.94
Last release	7 years ago	12 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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