WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Category Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Featured Category Widget

by tepelstreel

100+ installs4.2

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Featured Category Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Featured Category Widget about 2.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 4.2 from 5 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Feb 26, 2016 for Featured Category Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 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 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Featured Category Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#15,543	#353
Active installs	100+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	48	18.7K
Rating	4.2(5)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.5.33	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	10 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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