WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Widgets vs Hot Tags
At a glance
- Essential Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Hot Tags.
- On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, Hot Tags about 1.
- Hot Tags has no reviews yet.
- Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Feb 1, 2012 for Hot Tags.
- Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.3.2 for Hot Tags.
- Hot Tags has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Widgets.
Line by line
Essential Widgets leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Essential Widgets |  Hot Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,809 | #42,248 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 1.7K | 30 |
| Rating | 3.5(2) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 3.3.2 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.86 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 14 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
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