WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Widgets vs Tapform
At a glance
- Essential Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against fewer than 10 for Tapform.
- On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, Tapform about 1.
- Tapform has no reviews yet.
- Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Jan 17, 2024 for Tapform.
- Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.3.14 for Tapform.
- Essential Widgets has been around longer: since 2017, against 2024 for Tapform.
Line by line
Essential Widgets leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Essential Widgets |  Tapform |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,810 | #65,580 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 1.8K | 34 |
| Rating | 3.5(2) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.3.14 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.86 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 2 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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