WordPress plugin comparison

Category Wise Search vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Category Wise Search

by Shambhu Patnaik

400+ installs4.8

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 400+ for Category Wise Search.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Category Wise Search about 5.
Both are rated 4.8 out of 5.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Mar 26, 2019 for Category Wise Search.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.1.28 for Category Wise Search.
Category Wise Search has been around longer: since 2013, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Category Wise Search	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#9,414	#353
Active installs	400+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	107	18.7K
Rating	4.8(6)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	5.1.28	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	7 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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