WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs Recent Posts Widget Advanced

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 300+ for Recent Posts Widget Advanced.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, Recent Posts Widget Advanced about 4.
Recent Posts Widget Advanced is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 215 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget Advanced was updated more recently: Nov 7, 2026, against Oct 10, 2026 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Recent Posts Widget Advanced.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails	Recent Posts Widget Advanced
Popular rank	#353	#10,318
Active installs	100K+	300+
Downloads, last 30 days	18.7K	84
Rating	4.8(215)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.50	×0.50
Last release	1 month ago	3 days ago
Requires PHP	5.6	7.4

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.