WordPress plugin comparison

Parentless Categories vs Recent Posts by Category Widget

Parentless Categories

by Scott Reilly

10+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts by Category Widget has more active installs: 4K+, against 10+ for Parentless Categories.
On a typical day, Recent Posts by Category Widget is downloaded about 17 times, Parentless Categories about 2.
Parentless Categories has no reviews yet.
Parentless Categories was updated more recently: Apr 21, 2025, against Nov 28, 2017 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Parentless Categories is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 4.2.39 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Parentless Categories has been around longer: since 2009, against 2014 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Parentless Categories	Recent Posts by Category Widget
Popular rank	#29,551	#3,448
Active installs	10+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	57	363
Rating	No ratings	4.7(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.8.12	4.2.39
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.00
Last release	1 year ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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