WordPress plugin comparison

Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads vs Simple Image Widget

At a glance

Simple Image Widget has more active installs: 10K+, against 20+ for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.
On a typical day, Simple Image Widget is downloaded about 27 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 4.5 from 39 reviews.
Simple Image Widget was updated more recently: Jul 20, 2025, against Apr 19, 2016 for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.
Simple Image Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 4.5.33 for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.
Simple Image Widget has been around longer: since 2008, against 2015 for Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads.

Simple Image Widget leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Latest Posts With Thumbnails and Ads	Simple Image Widget
Popular rank	#26,109	#1,605
Active installs	20+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	44	781
Rating	5.0(2)	4.5(39)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.5.33	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.36
Last release	10 years ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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