WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs Ultimate Floating Widgets

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 3K+ for Ultimate Floating Widgets.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Ultimate Floating Widgets about 27.
Ultimate Floating Widgets is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 14 reviews, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Sep 17, 2026 for Ultimate Floating Widgets.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2021 for Ultimate Floating Widgets.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails	Ultimate Floating Widgets
Popular rank	#353	#4,150
Active installs	100K+	3K+
Downloads, last 30 days	18.7K	756
Rating	4.8(215)	4.9(14)
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.50	×0.74
Last release	1 month ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.3

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