WordPress plugin comparison

Awesome Featured Post Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Awesome Featured Post Widget

by accreteinfosolution

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Awesome Featured Post Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Awesome Featured Post Widget about 2.
Awesome Featured Post Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Mar 14, 2017 for Awesome Featured Post Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Awesome Featured Post Widget.

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

Metric	Awesome Featured Post Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#43,991	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	39	18.7K
Rating	5.0(3)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	–	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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