WordPress plugin comparison
Tag Widget vs Essential Widgets
At a glance
- Essential Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Tag Widget.
- On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, Tag Widget about 4.
- Essential Widgets is rated higher: 3.5 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 1.0 from 1 review.
- Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Apr 12, 2013 for Tag Widget.
- Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.5.2 for Tag Widget.
- Tag Widget has been around longer: since 2010, against 2017 for Essential Widgets.
Line by line
Essential Widgets leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Tag Widget |  Essential Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #14,616 | #1,809 |
| Active installs | 100+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 98 | 1.7K |
| Rating | 1.0(1) | 3.5(2) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 100% |
| Tested up to | 3.5.2 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.86 |
| Last release | 13 years ago | 4 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
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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