WordPress plugin comparison

Categories Recent Posts Widget vs Custom Sidebars

Categories Recent Posts Widget

by The Medios

30+ installs5.0

Custom Sidebars

by WebFactory

100K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Custom Sidebars has more active installs: 100K+, against 30+ for Categories Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Custom Sidebars is downloaded about 230 times, Categories Recent Posts Widget about 2.
Categories Recent Posts Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 1,028 reviews.
Custom Sidebars was updated more recently: Aug 16, 2026, against Jan 25, 2014 for Categories Recent Posts Widget.
Custom Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.7.41 for Categories Recent Posts Widget.
Custom Sidebars has been around longer: since 2010, against 2012 for Categories Recent Posts Widget.

Custom Sidebars leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Categories Recent Posts Widget	Custom Sidebars
Popular rank	#23,286	#449
Active installs	30+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	54	6.3K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(1K)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.7.41	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.31
Last release	12 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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