WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Custom Posts Widget vs Same Category Posts

Featured Custom Posts Widget

by linkhousemedia

20+ installs

Same Category Posts

by Daniel Floeter

3K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Same Category Posts has more active installs: 3K+, against 20+ for Featured Custom Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Same Category Posts is downloaded about 30 times, Featured Custom Posts Widget about 1.
Featured Custom Posts Widget has no reviews yet.
Same Category Posts was updated more recently: Sep 23, 2026, against Jul 6, 2011 for Featured Custom Posts Widget.
Same Category Posts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.2.1 for Featured Custom Posts Widget.
Featured Custom Posts Widget has been around longer: since 2011, against 2015 for Same Category Posts.

Same Category Posts leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Featured Custom Posts Widget	Same Category Posts
Popular rank	#28,592	#4,124
Active installs	20+	3K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	525
Rating	No ratings	4.7(13)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.2.1	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.72
Last release	15 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.2

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