WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs Simple Twitter Widget

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Simple Twitter Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 623 times, Simple Twitter Widget about 3.
Simple Twitter Widget has no reviews yet.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Dec 1, 2011 for Simple Twitter Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.2.1 for Simple Twitter Widget.
Simple Twitter Widget has been around longer: since 2010, 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	Simple Twitter Widget
Popular rank	#353	#13,997
Active installs	100K+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	18.1K	64
Rating	4.8(215)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	3.2.1
Search multiplier	×1.50	×0.00
Last release	1 month ago	15 years ago
Requires PHP	5.6	–

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

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.