Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #346, ahead of Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail at #793. Over the last 7 days Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails climbed 1 place and Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail held its place. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has the largest install base, roughly 2.5× the next: 100K+ active installs against 40K+ for Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail. Downloads this week: Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail 12,748 and Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 773. Ratings: Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail 3.8★ from 118 and Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 4.8★ from 212 reviews.
| Metric | Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail | Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #793 ▬ | #346 ▲ 1 |
| Active installs | 40K+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 12,748 | 773 |
| Rating | 3.8★ (118) | 4.8★ (212) |
| Last updated | Sep 7, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Current version | 5.0.6 | 7.1.1 |
| Best rank on record | #787 | #344 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Apr 2010 | Jun 2014 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 5 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails?
By active installs, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails: 100K+ sites run it against 40K+ for Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail, according to WordPress.org figures captured on September 13, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails?
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails, at #346 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail at #793. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Auto Featured Image - Auto Post Thumbnail or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.