WordPress plugin comparison

Express Posts vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Express Posts

by Grant Mangham

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Express Posts.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Express Posts about 5.
Express Posts is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Apr 13, 2016 for Express Posts.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.5.33 for Express Posts.
Express Posts has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Express Posts	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#46,084	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	141	18.7K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.5.33	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	10 years ago	29 days ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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