WordPress plugin comparison

Category and Subcategory List Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Category and Subcategory List Widget

by Murali

600+ installs4.5

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 600+ for Category and Subcategory List Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Category and Subcategory List Widget about 10.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 4.5 from 4 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Dec 1, 2025 for Category and Subcategory List Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Category and Subcategory List Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Category and Subcategory List Widget.

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

Metric	Category and Subcategory List Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#8,163	#353
Active installs	600+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	217	18.7K
Rating	4.5(4)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.35	×1.50
Last release	11 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	8.0	5.6

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