WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Category Widget vs Genesis Widget Column Classes

Featured Category Widget

by tepelstreel

100+ installs4.2

Genesis Widget Column Classes

by Jory Hogeveen

5K+ installs4.5

At a glance

Genesis Widget Column Classes has more active installs: 5K+, against 100+ for Featured Category Widget.
On a typical day, Genesis Widget Column Classes is downloaded about 20 times, Featured Category Widget about 2.
Genesis Widget Column Classes is rated higher: 4.5 out of 5 from 8 reviews, against 4.2 from 5 reviews.
Genesis Widget Column Classes was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Feb 26, 2016 for Featured Category Widget.
Genesis Widget Column Classes is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.5.33 for Featured Category Widget.
Featured Category Widget has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Genesis Widget Column Classes.

Genesis Widget Column Classes leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Featured Category Widget	Genesis Widget Column Classes
Popular rank	#15,543	#3,101
Active installs	100+	5K+
Downloads, last 30 days	48	608
Rating	4.2(5)	4.5(8)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.5.33	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.76
Last release	10 years ago	21 days ago
Requires PHP	–	5.2.4

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.