WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Featured Post Widget vs Content Aware Sidebars

Advanced Featured Post Widget

by tepelstreel

100+ installs4.3

Content Aware Sidebars

by Joachim Jensen

30K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 100+ for Advanced Featured Post Widget.
On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 330 times, Advanced Featured Post Widget about 2.
Content Aware Sidebars is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 724 reviews, against 4.3 from 6 reviews.
Content Aware Sidebars was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Apr 9, 2016 for Advanced Featured Post Widget.
Content Aware Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.5.33 for Advanced Featured Post Widget.

Content Aware Sidebars leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Featured Post Widget	Content Aware Sidebars
Popular rank	#15,480	#999
Active installs	100+	30K+
Downloads, last 30 days	46	21.4K
Rating	4.3(6)	4.9(724)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.5.33	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.99
Last release	10 years ago	18 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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