WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

by Gaurav Tiwari

10+ installs5.0

Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)

by Johan van der Wijk

10K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) is downloaded about 98 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 80 reviews.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget was updated more recently: Sep 27, 2026, against Sep 21, 2026 for Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget).
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) has been around longer: since 2010, against 2014 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.

Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Beautiful Recent Posts Widget	Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)
Popular rank	#45,922	#1,518
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	3.9K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.9(80)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.87
Last release	1 month ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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