WordPress plugin comparison

Category and Subcategory List Widget vs Content Aware Sidebars

Category and Subcategory List Widget

by Murali

600+ installs4.5

Content Aware Sidebars

by Joachim Jensen

30K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 600+ for Category and Subcategory List Widget.
On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 330 times, Category and Subcategory List Widget about 10.
Content Aware Sidebars is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 724 reviews, against 4.5 from 4 reviews.
Content Aware Sidebars was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Dec 1, 2025 for Category and Subcategory List Widget.
Content Aware Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Category and Subcategory List Widget.
Content Aware Sidebars has been around longer: since 2011, against 2016 for Category and Subcategory List Widget.

Content Aware Sidebars leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category and Subcategory List Widget	Content Aware Sidebars
Popular rank	#8,163	#999
Active installs	600+	30K+
Downloads, last 30 days	217	21.4K
Rating	4.5(4)	4.9(724)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.35	×0.99
Last release	11 months ago	18 days ago
Requires PHP	8.0	7.4

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