WordPress plugin comparison

Awesome Featured Post Widget vs List Custom Taxonomy Widget

Awesome Featured Post Widget

by accreteinfosolution

10+ installs5.0

List Custom Taxonomy Widget

by Nick Halsey

8K+ installs4.7

At a glance

List Custom Taxonomy Widget has more active installs: 8K+, against 10+ for Awesome Featured Post Widget.
On a typical day, List Custom Taxonomy Widget is downloaded about 34 times, Awesome Featured Post Widget about 2.
Awesome Featured Post Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.7 from 21 reviews.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget was updated more recently: Jul 19, 2026, against Mar 14, 2017 for Awesome Featured Post Widget.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget has been around longer: since 2012, against 2016 for Awesome Featured Post Widget.

List Custom Taxonomy Widget leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Awesome Featured Post Widget	List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Popular rank	#43,991	#2,305
Active installs	10+	8K+
Downloads, last 30 days	39	906
Rating	5.0(3)	4.7(21)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	–	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.97
Last release	9 years ago	3 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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