WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Content Aware Sidebars

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

by Gaurav Tiwari

10+ installs5.0

Content Aware Sidebars

by Joachim Jensen

30K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 330 times, Beautiful Recent Posts Widget about 3.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 724 reviews.
Content Aware Sidebars was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Sep 27, 2026 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Content Aware Sidebars has been around longer: since 2011, against 2014 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.

Content Aware Sidebars leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Beautiful Recent Posts Widget	Content Aware Sidebars
Popular rank	#35,680	#999
Active installs	10+	30K+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	21.4K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.9(724)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.99
Last release	1 month ago	18 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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