WordPress plugin comparison

Image Widget vs Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads

Image Widget

by Nexcess

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Image Widget has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.
On a typical day, Image Widget is downloaded about 344 times, Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads about 1.
Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 287 reviews.
Image Widget was updated more recently: Apr 20, 2026, against Apr 19, 2016 for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.
Image Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.7.11, against 4.5.33 for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.
Image Widget has been around longer: since 2008, against 2015 for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.

Image Widget leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Image Widget	Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads
Popular rank	#398	#26,109
Active installs	100K+	20+
Downloads, last 30 days	9.9K	44
Rating	4.9(287)	5.0(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.7.11	4.5.33
Search multiplier	×0.74	×0.00
Last release	6 months ago	10 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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