WordPress plugin comparison

Content Aware Sidebars vs Vertical scroll recent comments

Content Aware Sidebars

by Joachim Jensen

30K+ installs4.9

Vertical scroll recent comments

by gopiplus

100+ installs5.0

At a glance

Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 100+ for Vertical scroll recent comments.
On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 356 times, Vertical scroll recent comments about 5.
Vertical scroll recent comments is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 724 reviews.
Content Aware Sidebars was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Dec 1, 2022 for Vertical scroll recent comments.
Content Aware Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.1.16 for Vertical scroll recent comments.
Vertical scroll recent comments has been around longer: since 2009, against 2011 for Content Aware Sidebars.

Content Aware Sidebars leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Content Aware Sidebars	Vertical scroll recent comments
Popular rank	#1,000	#16,043
Active installs	30K+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	21.2K	105
Rating	4.9(724)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.1.16
Search multiplier	×0.99	×0.01
Last release	17 days ago	3 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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