WordPress plugin comparison

Popular This Week vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Popular This Week

by chrisnorthwood

10+ installs

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Popular This Week.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Popular This Week about 1.
Popular This Week has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against May 16, 2009 for Popular This Week.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 2.7.1 for Popular This Week.
Popular This Week has been around longer: since 2009, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Popular This Week	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#39,122	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	21	18.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	2.7.1	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.50
Last release	17 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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