Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 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 #351, ahead of Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy at #3,673. Over the last 7 days Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails held its place and Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy climbed 8 places. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has the largest install base, roughly 33× the next: 100K+ active installs against 3K+ for Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy. Downloads this week: Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 4,102 and Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 135. Ratings: Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 5★ from 25 and Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 4.8★ from 215 reviews.
| Metric | Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy | Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #3,673 ▲ 8 | #351 ▬ |
| Active installs | 3K+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 135 | 4,102 |
| Rating | 5★ (25) | 4.8★ (215) |
| Last updated | Dec 29, 2025 | Oct 10, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.5.1 | 7.2.0 |
| Best rank on record | #3,673 | #344 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jan 2021 | 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, Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails?
By active installs, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails: 100K+ sites run it against 3K+ for Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 20, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails?
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails, at #351 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy at #3,673. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 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.