WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs WP One Post Widget

At a glance

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for WP One Post Widget.
On a typical day, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is downloaded about 594 times, WP One Post Widget about 6.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 1.0 from 2 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Aug 17, 2026 for WP One Post Widget.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for WP One Post Widget.
WP One Post Widget has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails	WP One Post Widget
Popular rank	#353	#39,721
Active installs	100K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	18.7K	144
Rating	4.8(215)	1.0(2)
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×1.50	×0.08
Last release	1 month ago	2 months 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.