WordPress plugin comparison

Image Placeholders vs Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images

Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team

60K+ installs3.5

Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images

by Suplugins

6K+ installs

At a glance

Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 6K+ for Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images.
On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images about 28.
Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images has no reviews yet.
Image Placeholders was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Nov 26, 2025 for Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images.
Image Placeholders is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images.
Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images has been around longer: since 2021, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.

Image Placeholders leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Image Placeholders	Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images
Popular rank	#665	#2,791
Active installs	60K+	6K+
Downloads, last 30 days	13.9K	608
Rating	3.5(2)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.91	×0.37
Last release	2 months ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.2.4

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