WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Steam Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Advanced Steam Widget

by SnakeByte Studios

60+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 60+ for Advanced Steam Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Advanced Steam Widget about 4.
Advanced Steam Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 5 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Aug 22, 2026 for Advanced Steam Widget.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Advanced Steam Widget has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Steam Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#19,700	#353
Active installs	60+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	89	18.7K
Rating	5.0(5)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.34	×1.50
Last release	2 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.0	5.6

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