WordPress plugin comparison

Multiple Post Thumbnails vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Multiple Post Thumbnails

by Chris Scott

10K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10K+ for Multiple Post Thumbnails.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Multiple Post Thumbnails about 49.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 4.7 from 42 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Nov 26, 2018 for Multiple Post Thumbnails.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for Multiple Post Thumbnails.
Multiple Post Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2010, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Multiple Post Thumbnails	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#1,415	#353
Active installs	10K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.4K	18.7K
Rating	4.7(42)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	5.0.31	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	8 years ago	29 days ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.6

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