WordPress plugin comparison

Category Featured Image vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Category Featured Image

by Katsushi Kawamori

400+ installs2.9

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 400+ for Category Featured Image.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Category Featured Image about 8.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 2.9 from 12 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Aug 16, 2026 for Category Featured Image.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Category Featured Image.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for Category Featured Image.

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

Metric	Category Featured Image	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#9,842	#353
Active installs	400+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	196	18.7K
Rating	2.9(12)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.41	×1.50
Last release	2 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	8.0	5.6

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