WordPress plugin comparison

Before You Are Dead Countdown vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Before You Are Dead Countdown

by anou

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Before You Are Dead Countdown.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Before You Are Dead Countdown about 1.
Before You Are Dead Countdown 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 Nov 5, 2014 for Before You Are Dead Countdown.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.0.38 for Before You Are Dead Countdown.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Before You Are Dead Countdown	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#43,826	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	28	18.7K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.0.38	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	12 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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