Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
100K+ active installs
Free
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
90K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has a higher user rating (4.8/5 from 212 reviews) and leads in active installations (100K+ vs 90K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has accumulated 3.6M+ total downloads while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has 4.5M+. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails has a higher support resolution rate (75% vs 50%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8/5 | ◄ | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 212 | ► | 746 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 90K+ |
| Total Downloads | 3.6M+ | ► | 4.5M+ |
| Support Resolution | 75% | ◄ | 50% |
| Last Updated | 4 months ago | ► | 1 week ago |
| First Released | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Age | 12 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.6+ | 6.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.2+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.1.1 | 7.0.6 |
Rating Breakdown
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails averaged approximately 136 daily downloads while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged 3,744.
Recent Reviews
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails Reviews
Niiiiice, thanks
gotta have plugin, thanks
So many settings!
It’s great that your plugin has so many settings for widgets. Thanks for making it.
Simple but Invaluable Plugin
This plugin performs a simple task but one that I find to be invaluable.
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! Reviews
Does The Job
Simple to use
Just Works
Stunnning plugin that hardly has any false positives. It was great to use. Thanks This topic was modified 6 days, 23 hours ago by Dr. Melvin Temo.
非常好用
不错，操作简单。
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