WordPress plugin comparison

Hercules Recent Posts from Network vs Public Post Preview

Hercules Recent Posts from Network

by Todd Nestor

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Public Post Preview

by Dominik Schilling

100K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Public Post Preview has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.
On a typical day, Public Post Preview is downloaded about 1,785 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 4.6 from 79 reviews.
Public Post Preview was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Jan 18, 2015 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.
Public Post Preview is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.0.38 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.
Public Post Preview has been around longer: since 2009, against 2015 for Hercules Recent Posts from Network.

Public Post Preview leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Hercules Recent Posts from Network	Public Post Preview
Popular rank	–	#363
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	19	44.4K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.6(79)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.0.38	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.30
Last release	11 years ago	12 days ago
Requires PHP	–	8.0

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