WordPress plugin comparison

Icon Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Icon Widget

by seothemes

4K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 4K+ for Icon Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Icon Widget about 22.
Icon Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Apr 10, 2024 for Icon Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.5.14 for Icon Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Icon Widget.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Icon Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#3,473	#353
Active installs	4K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	409	18.1K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.5.14	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.09	×1.50
Last release	2 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.6

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