WordPress plugin comparison
Category Thumbnail Excerpt vs List categories
Category Thumbnail Excerpt
by Ajit Kumar Satpathy
10+ installs
List categories
by Fernando Briano
5K+ installs4.5
At a glance
- List categories has more active installs: 5K+, against 10+ for Category Thumbnail Excerpt.
- On a typical day, List categories is downloaded about 29 times, Category Thumbnail Excerpt about 1.
- Category Thumbnail Excerpt has no reviews yet.
- List categories was updated more recently: Sep 13, 2026, against Sep 9, 2014 for Category Thumbnail Excerpt.
- List categories is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.0.38 for Category Thumbnail Excerpt.
Line by line
List categories leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Category Thumbnail Excerpt | List categories |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #45,195 | #3,106 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 5K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 29 | 558 |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.5(15) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 100% |
| Tested up to | 4.0.38 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.89 |
| Last release | 12 years ago | 1 month ago |
| Requires PHP | – | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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