WordPress plugin comparison

Category Posts Block vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Category Posts Block

by ZephyrWest

40K+ installs4.5

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 40K+ for Category Posts Block.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Category Posts Block about 444.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 4.5 from 79 reviews.
Category Posts Block was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Oct 10, 2026 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Category Posts Block.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Category Posts Block has been around longer: since 2007, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Posts Block	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#881	#353
Active installs	40K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	20K	18.7K
Rating	4.5(79)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.98	×1.50
Last release	20 days ago	29 days ago
Requires PHP	7.2	5.6

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