WordPress plugin comparison

Category Description Widget vs Custom Post Type Widgets

Category Description Widget

by Dominik Schwind

100+ installs2.3

Custom Post Type Widgets

by thingsym

10K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Custom Post Type Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Category Description Widget.
On a typical day, Custom Post Type Widgets is downloaded about 91 times, Category Description Widget about 3.
Custom Post Type Widgets is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 14 reviews, against 2.3 from 3 reviews.
Custom Post Type Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 2, 2026, against Nov 9, 2017 for Category Description Widget.
Custom Post Type Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.9.35 for Category Description Widget.
Category Description Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Custom Post Type Widgets.

Custom Post Type Widgets leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Description Widget	Custom Post Type Widgets
Popular rank	#13,894	#1,497
Active installs	100+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	87	2.2K
Rating	2.3(3)	4.8(14)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.86
Last release	9 years ago	5 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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