WordPress plugin comparison
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Spectra Legacy
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget
by Gaurav Tiwari
10+ installs5.0
Spectra Legacy
by Brainstorm Force
1M+ installs4.7
At a glance
- Spectra Legacy has more active installs: 1M+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
- On a typical day, Spectra Legacy is downloaded about 8,812 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 1,872 reviews.
- Spectra Legacy was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Sep 27, 2026 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Beautiful Recent Posts Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2018 for Spectra Legacy.
Line by line
Spectra Legacy leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Beautiful Recent Posts Widget | Spectra Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #35,680 | #63 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 1M+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 66 | 438.4K |
| Rating | 5.0(1) | 4.7(1.9K) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 83% |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.19 | ×3.09 |
| Last release | 1 month ago | 7 days ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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