WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Featured Post Widget vs Custom Sidebars

Advanced Featured Post Widget

by tepelstreel

100+ installs4.3

Custom Sidebars

by WebFactory

100K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Custom Sidebars has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Advanced Featured Post Widget.
On a typical day, Custom Sidebars is downloaded about 226 times, Advanced Featured Post Widget about 2.
Custom Sidebars is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 1,028 reviews, against 4.3 from 6 reviews.
Custom Sidebars was updated more recently: Aug 16, 2026, against Apr 9, 2016 for Advanced Featured Post Widget.
Custom Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.5.33 for Advanced Featured Post Widget.
Custom Sidebars has been around longer: since 2010, against 2011 for Advanced Featured Post Widget.

Custom Sidebars leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Featured Post Widget	Custom Sidebars
Popular rank	#15,480	#448
Active installs	100+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	46	6.4K
Rating	4.3(6)	4.7(1K)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.5.33	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.31
Last release	10 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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