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Recent Posts Widget Plus vs SMK Sidebar Generator

Recent Posts Widget Plus

by Johan van der Wijk

500+ installs5.0

SMK Sidebar Generator

by Andrei Surdu

10K+ installs4.4

At a glance

  • SMK Sidebar Generator has more active installs: 10K+, against 500+ for Recent Posts Widget Plus.
  • On a typical day, SMK Sidebar Generator is downloaded about 46 times, Recent Posts Widget Plus about 8.
  • Recent Posts Widget Plus is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.4 from 5 reviews.
  • SMK Sidebar Generator was updated more recently: Feb 17, 2026, against Oct 30, 2023 for Recent Posts Widget Plus.
  • SMK Sidebar Generator is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.4.14 for Recent Posts Widget Plus.
  • Recent Posts Widget Plus has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for SMK Sidebar Generator.

Line by line

SMK Sidebar Generator leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

MetricRecent Posts Widget PlusSMK Sidebar Generator
Popular rank#9,048#1,760
Active installs500+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days1691.2K
Rating5.0(1)4.4(5)
Support threads resolved––
Tested up to6.4.146.9.11
Search multiplier×0.04×0.61
Last release3 years ago8 months ago
Requires PHP–5.3

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

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