Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Custom Related Posts | Posts from a Category Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 46 | 4 |
| Active installs | 3,000+ | 300+ |
| Free plan | — | — |
The data on this page doesn't separate Custom Related Posts and Posts from a Category Widget on rating, pricing, languages, category rank or listed features. Compare the tables below against your own requirements.
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Read each app's audit: Custom Related Posts audit • Posts from a Category Widget audit
Custom Related Posts (4.9★, 46 reviews) and Posts from a Category Widget (5.0★, 4 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Posts from a Category Widget holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Custom Related Posts has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (46 vs 4).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the WordPress Plugin Directory data. What it can show: Custom Related Posts has 46 published reviews; Posts from a Category Widget has 4 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Custom Related Posts and Posts from a Category Widget both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Posts from a Category Widget" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.