WordPress plugin comparison

Linkify Posts vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Linkify Posts

by Scott Reilly

10+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Linkify Posts.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Linkify Posts about 3.
Linkify Posts has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Apr 28, 2025 for Linkify Posts.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Linkify Posts.
Linkify Posts has been around longer: since 2010, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Linkify Posts	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#33,018	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	58	18.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.05	×1.50
Last release	1 year ago	29 days ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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