WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

by Gaurav Tiwari

10+ installs5.0

Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

by monetizemore

70K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress has more active installs: 70K+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress is downloaded about 76 times, Beautiful Recent Posts Widget about 3.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 262 reviews.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget was updated more recently: Sep 27, 2026, against Mar 30, 2023 for Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.2.15 for Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress.
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Beautiful Recent Posts Widget	Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress
Popular rank	#35,680	#574
Active installs	10+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	2.1K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(262)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.2.15
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.04
Last release	1 month ago	3 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.2

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