WordPress plugin comparison

Dropdown Navigation Menus vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Dropdown Navigation Menus

by shazdeh

10+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Dropdown Navigation Menus.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Dropdown Navigation Menus about 1.
Dropdown Navigation Menus has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Nov 10, 2011 for Dropdown Navigation Menus.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.2.1 for Dropdown Navigation Menus.
Dropdown Navigation Menus has been around longer: since 2011, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Dropdown Navigation Menus	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#43,811	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	16	18.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.2.1	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	15 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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