WordPress plugin comparison

Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced vs Essential Widgets

Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced

by Rahul Ramesh

30+ installs5.0

Essential Widgets

by Catch Themes

10K+ installs3.5

At a glance

Essential Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against 30+ for Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced.
On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced about 2.
Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Jun 4, 2014 for Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced.
Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.9.40 for Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced.
Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Essential Widgets.

Essential Widgets leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced	Essential Widgets
Popular rank	#24,245	#1,809
Active installs	30+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	53	1.7K
Rating	5.0(3)	3.5(2)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.9.40	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.86
Last release	12 years ago	4 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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