WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

by Gaurav Tiwari

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Beautiful Recent Posts Widget about 3.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Sep 27, 2026 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

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

Metric	Beautiful Recent Posts Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#35,680	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	18.7K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.19	×1.50
Last release	1 month ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.6

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