WordPress plugin comparison

Posts per Cat vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Posts per Cat

by Aleksandar Urošević

200+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 200+ for Posts per Cat.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Posts per Cat about 5.
Posts per Cat is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 8 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against May 12, 2025 for Posts per Cat.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Posts per Cat.
Posts per Cat 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	Posts per Cat	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#11,755	#353
Active installs	200+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	81	18.1K
Rating	5.0(8)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.18	×1.50
Last release	1 year ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.6

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