Social LikeBox & Feed 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 Social LikeBox & Feed at #1,781. Over the last 7 days Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails slipped 1 place and Social LikeBox & Feed climbed 2 places. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has the largest install base, roughly 10× the next: 100K+ active installs against 10K+ for Social LikeBox & Feed. Downloads this week: Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 4,462 and Social LikeBox & Feed 522. Ratings: Social LikeBox & Feed 3.3★ from 47 and Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 4.8★ from 215 reviews.
| Metric | Social LikeBox & Feed | Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,781 ▲ 2 | #351 ▼ 1 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 522 | 4,462 |
| Rating | 3.3★ (47) | 4.8★ (215) |
| Last updated | Sep 11, 2026 | Oct 10, 2026 |
| Current version | 3.2.2 | 7.2.0 |
| Best rank on record | #1,772 | #344 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | May 2014 | 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, Social LikeBox & Feed or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails?
By active installs, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails: 100K+ sites run it against 10K+ for Social LikeBox & Feed, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 16, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Social LikeBox & Feed or Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails?
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails, at #351 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Social LikeBox & Feed at #1,781. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Social LikeBox & Feed 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.