WordPress plugin comparison

Combined Image and Text Widget vs Image Placeholders

Combined Image and Text Widget

by Nadav Rotchild

80+ installs

Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team

60K+ installs3.5

At a glance

Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 80+ for Combined Image and Text Widget.
On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Combined Image and Text Widget about 3.
Combined Image and Text Widget has no reviews yet.
Image Placeholders was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Oct 7, 2016 for Combined Image and Text Widget.
Image Placeholders is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.6.30 for Combined Image and Text Widget.
Combined Image and Text Widget has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.

Image Placeholders leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Combined Image and Text Widget	Image Placeholders
Popular rank	#17,622	#665
Active installs	80+	60K+
Downloads, last 30 days	76	13.9K
Rating	No ratings	3.5(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.6.30	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.91
Last release	10 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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