WordPress plugin comparison

My Snippets vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

My Snippets

by Justin Tadlock

60+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 60+ for My Snippets.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, My Snippets about 3.
My Snippets is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Feb 21, 2019 for My Snippets.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for My Snippets.
My Snippets has been around longer: since 2009, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	My Snippets	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#19,556	#353
Active installs	60+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	65	18.7K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	5.0.31	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	7 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.6

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