WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs Root Category Recent Posts

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Root Category Recent Posts.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Root Category Recent Posts about 1.
Root Category Recent Posts has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Dec 9, 2013 for Root Category Recent Posts.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.6.1 for Root Category Recent Posts.
Root Category Recent Posts has been around longer: since 2013, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails	Root Category Recent Posts
Popular rank	#353	#39,661
Active installs	100K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	18.1K	26
Rating	4.8(215)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	3.6.1
Search multiplier	×1.50	×0.00
Last release	1 month ago	13 years ago
Requires PHP	5.6	–

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