WordPress plugin comparison

Post Grid Shortcode vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Post Grid Shortcode

by devnahin

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Post Grid Shortcode.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Post Grid Shortcode about 1.
Post Grid Shortcode is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Dec 9, 2024 for Post Grid Shortcode.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.7.11 for Post Grid Shortcode.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2024 for Post Grid Shortcode.

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

Metric	Post Grid Shortcode	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#37,213	#353
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	29	18.7K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.7.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.05	×1.50
Last release	1 year ago	29 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	5.6

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.