WordPress plugin comparison

Feed Social Sidebar vs Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

Feed Social Sidebar

by Cyrille

Fewer than 10 installs

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

by Syed Balkhi

1M+ installs4.9

At a glance

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed has more active installs: 1M+, against fewer than 10 for Feed Social Sidebar.
On a typical day, Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed is downloaded about 6,774 times, Feed Social Sidebar about 1.
Feed Social Sidebar has no reviews yet.
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Jul 2, 2020 for Feed Social Sidebar.
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.4.25 for Feed Social Sidebar.
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed has been around longer: since 2014, against 2020 for Feed Social Sidebar.

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Feed Social Sidebar	Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed
Popular rank	#52,079	#61
Active installs	Fewer than 10	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	26	109.8K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(4.4K)
Support threads resolved	–	20%
Tested up to	5.4.25	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×2.46
Last release	6 years ago	8 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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