WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Layouts vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Custom Layouts

by Code Amp

3K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 3K+ for Custom Layouts.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Custom Layouts about 26.
Custom Layouts is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 25 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Dec 29, 2025 for Custom Layouts.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Custom Layouts.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2021 for Custom Layouts.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Layouts	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#3,705	#353
Active installs	3K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	533	18.1K
Rating	5.0(25)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.51	×1.50
Last release	10 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.2	5.6

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