WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Easy vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Recent Posts Easy.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Recent Posts Easy about 1.
Recent Posts Easy has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Aug 27, 2024 for Recent Posts Easy.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.5.14 for Recent Posts Easy.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2023 for Recent Posts Easy.

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

Metric	Recent Posts Easy	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#74,319	#353
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	20	18.1K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.5.14	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.01	×1.50
Last release	2 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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