WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Widgets vs HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets

Essential Widgets

by Catch Themes

10K+ installs3.5

HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets

by Jan Štětina

10+ installs

At a glance

Essential Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets.
On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets about 5.
HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets has no reviews yet.
Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Aug 22, 2012 for HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets.
Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.4.2 for HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets.
HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Widgets.

Essential Widgets leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Widgets	HTML Classified Recent Posts & Comments Widgets
Popular rank	#1,809	#44,317
Active installs	10K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.7K	105
Rating	3.5(2)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	3.4.2
Search multiplier	×0.86	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	14 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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