WordPress plugin comparison

Category Color Picker vs Recent Posts by Category Widget

Category Color Picker

by sarap422

60+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts by Category Widget has more active installs: 4K+, against 60+ for Category Color Picker.
On a typical day, Recent Posts by Category Widget is downloaded about 17 times, Category Color Picker about 5.
Category Color Picker has no reviews yet.
Category Color Picker was updated more recently: Oct 8, 2026, against Nov 28, 2017 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Category Color Picker is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.2.39 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Recent Posts by Category Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2025 for Category Color Picker.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Color Picker	Recent Posts by Category Widget
Popular rank	#20,059	#3,449
Active installs	60+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	105	357
Rating	No ratings	4.7(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.2.39
Search multiplier	×0.24	×0.00
Last release	1 month ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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