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Random Christmas Fact Widget vs Recent Posts by Category Widget

Random Christmas Fact Widget

by Monica Haught

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Recent Posts by Category Widget has more active installs: 4K+, against 10+ for Random Christmas Fact Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts by Category Widget is downloaded about 17 times, Random Christmas Fact Widget about 3.
Random Christmas Fact Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 12 reviews.
Random Christmas Fact Widget was updated more recently: Jul 23, 2026, against Nov 28, 2017 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Random Christmas Fact Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.2.39 for Recent Posts by Category Widget.
Recent Posts by Category Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Random Christmas Fact Widget.

Random Christmas Fact Widget leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Random Christmas Fact Widget	Recent Posts by Category Widget
Popular rank	#45,655	#3,449
Active installs	10+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	40	357
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	4.2.39
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.00
Last release	3 months ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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