WordPress plugin comparison

Animated Category vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Animated Category

by Nasirul Islam

Fewer than 10 installs

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Animated Category.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Animated Category about 1.
Animated Category has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Dec 18, 2017 for Animated Category.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.0.5 for Animated Category.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Animated Category.

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

Metric	Animated Category	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#72,013	#353
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	31	18.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.0.5	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	9 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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