WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Category Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Featured Category Widget

by craigsimps

10+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Featured Category Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Featured Category Widget about 1.
Featured Category Widget has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Apr 1, 2018 for Featured Category Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Featured Category Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2018 for Featured Category Widget.

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

Metric	Featured Category Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#41,039	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	27	18.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	8 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.3	5.6

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