WordPress plugin comparison

NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget vs Widget Importer & Exporter

NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget

by maff

500+ installs5.0

Widget Importer & Exporter

by Steven Gliebe

200K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Widget Importer & Exporter has more active installs: 200K+, against 500+ for NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget.
On a typical day, Widget Importer & Exporter is downloaded about 1,969 times, NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget about 5.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.7 from 117 reviews.
Widget Importer & Exporter was updated more recently: Oct 15, 2026, against Feb 6, 2012 for NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget.
Widget Importer & Exporter is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.3.2 for NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget has been around longer: since 2009, against 2013 for Widget Importer & Exporter.

Widget Importer & Exporter leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget	Widget Importer & Exporter
Popular rank	#9,013	#264
Active installs	500+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	100	134.8K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.7(117)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	3.3.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.23
Last release	14 years ago	26 days ago
Requires PHP	–	5.2.4

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