WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Category Widget vs Recent Posts by Category Widget

Featured Category Widget

by craigsimps

10+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts by Category Widget has more active installs: 4K+, against 10+ for Featured Category Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts by Category Widget is downloaded about 17 times, Featured Category Widget about 1.
Featured Category Widget has no reviews yet.
Featured Category Widget was updated more recently: Apr 1, 2018, against Nov 28, 2017 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Featured Category Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 4.9.35, against 4.2.39 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Recent Posts by Category Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2018 for Featured Category Widget.

Recent Posts by Category Widget leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Featured Category Widget	Recent Posts by Category Widget
Popular rank	#41,039	#3,448
Active installs	10+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	27	363
Rating	No ratings	4.7(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.9.35	4.2.39
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.00
Last release	8 years ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	5.3	–

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