WordPress plugin comparison

Categories Recent Posts Widget vs List Custom Taxonomy Widget

Categories Recent Posts Widget

by The Medios

30+ installs5.0

List Custom Taxonomy Widget

by Nick Halsey

8K+ installs4.7

At a glance

List Custom Taxonomy Widget has more active installs: 8K+, against 30+ for Categories Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, List Custom Taxonomy Widget is downloaded about 34 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 21 reviews.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget was updated more recently: Jul 19, 2026, against Jan 25, 2014 for Categories Recent Posts Widget.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.7.41 for Categories Recent Posts Widget.

List Custom Taxonomy Widget leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Categories Recent Posts Widget	List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Popular rank	#23,266	#2,304
Active installs	30+	8K+
Downloads, last 30 days	53	887
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(21)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.7.41	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.97
Last release	12 years ago	3 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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