WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Widgets vs Widgets on Pages
At a glance
- Widgets on Pages has more active installs: 20K+, against 10K+ for Essential Widgets.
- On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, Widgets on Pages about 49.
- Widgets on Pages is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 161 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
- Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Nov 13, 2024 for Widgets on Pages.
- Essential Widgets resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Widgets on Pages.
- Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.7.0 for Widgets on Pages.
- Widgets on Pages has been around longer: since 2010, against 2017 for Essential Widgets.
Line by line
Essential Widgets leads on 5 of 8 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Essential Widgets |  Widgets on Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,809 | #1,359 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 1.7K | 1K |
| Rating | 3.5(2) | 4.7(161) |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | 0% |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.7.0 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.86 | ×0.22 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 2 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
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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