WordPress plugin comparison

Category Selection Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Category Selection Widget

by quang777s

Fewer than 10 installs1.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Category Selection Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Category Selection Widget about 1.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 1.0 from 1 review.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Mar 23, 2016 for Category Selection Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for Category Selection Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Category Selection Widget.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Selection Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	–	#353
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	23	18.7K
Rating	1.0(1)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.4.2	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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