WordPress plugin comparison

Most Popular Posts Widget vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Most Popular Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Most Popular Posts Widget about 2.
Most Popular Posts Widget has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Sep 18, 2015 for Most Popular Posts Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.3.34 for Most Popular Posts Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Most Popular Posts Widget.

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

Metric	Most Popular Posts Widget	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#29,003	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	35	18.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.3.34	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	11 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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