WordPress plugin comparison

Hercules Recent Posts from Network vs List category posts

Hercules Recent Posts from Network

by Todd Nestor

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

List category posts

by Fernando Briano

70K+ installs4.7

At a glance

List category posts has more active installs: 70K+, against fewer than 10 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.
On a typical day, List category posts is downloaded about 235 times, Hercules Recent Posts from Network about 1.
Hercules Recent Posts from Network is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 254 reviews.
List category posts was updated more recently: Jul 7, 2026, against Jan 18, 2015 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.
List category posts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.0.38 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.
List category posts has been around longer: since 2008, against 2015 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.

List category posts leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Hercules Recent Posts from Network	List category posts
Popular rank	–	#549
Active installs	Fewer than 10	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	20	8.5K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(254)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.0.38	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.07
Last release	11 years ago	4 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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