WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Simple Image Widget

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

by Gaurav Tiwari

10+ installs5.0

Simple Image Widget

by Cedaro

10K+ installs4.5

At a glance

Simple Image Widget has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Simple Image Widget is downloaded about 27 times, Beautiful Recent Posts Widget about 3.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.5 from 39 reviews.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget was updated more recently: Sep 27, 2026, against Jul 20, 2025 for Simple Image Widget.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Simple Image Widget.
Simple Image Widget has been around longer: since 2008, against 2014 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.

Simple Image Widget leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Beautiful Recent Posts Widget	Simple Image Widget
Popular rank	#35,680	#1,605
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	748
Rating	5.0(1)	4.5(39)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.36
Last release	1 month ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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