WordPress plugin comparison

Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text vs Scroll Text Widget

Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text

by ember

10+ installs5.0

Scroll Text Widget

by Brijesh Mishra

100+ installs4.0

At a glance

Scroll Text Widget has more active installs: 100+, against 10+ for Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text.
On a typical day, Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text is downloaded about 6 times, Scroll Text Widget about 2.
Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.0 from 5 reviews.
Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text was updated more recently: Oct 14, 2026, against Jan 22, 2015 for Scroll Text Widget.
Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.1.42 for Scroll Text Widget.
Scroll Text Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2026 for Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text.

Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text	Scroll Text Widget
Popular rank	#29,811	#13,231
Active installs	10+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	133	64
Rating	5.0(1)	4.0(5)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.1.42
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.00
Last release	27 days ago	11 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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