WordPress plugin comparison

Multiple Featured Images vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Multiple Featured Images

by Marcus Kober

5K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 5K+ for Multiple Featured Images.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Multiple Featured Images about 22.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 4.7 from 28 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Aug 20, 2020 for Multiple Featured Images.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.5.24 for Multiple Featured Images.
Multiple Featured Images has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Multiple Featured Images	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#3,172	#353
Active installs	5K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	568	18.7K
Rating	4.7(28)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	5.5.24	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	6 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.6

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