WordPress plugin comparison

Content Aware Sidebars vs Recent Posts With Authors Widget

Content Aware Sidebars

by Joachim Jensen

30K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 10+ for Recent Posts With Authors Widget.
On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 330 times, Recent Posts With Authors Widget about 1.
Recent Posts With Authors Widget has no reviews yet.
Content Aware Sidebars was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Mar 24, 2010 for Recent Posts With Authors Widget.
Content Aware Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 2.9.2 for Recent Posts With Authors Widget.
Recent Posts With Authors Widget has been around longer: since 2010, against 2011 for Content Aware Sidebars.

Content Aware Sidebars leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Content Aware Sidebars	Recent Posts With Authors Widget
Popular rank	#999	#35,506
Active installs	30K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	21.4K	23
Rating	4.9(724)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	2.9.2
Search multiplier	×0.99	×0.00
Last release	18 days ago	16 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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