WordPress plugin comparison

Additional Options and Tweaks vs Dashboard Notepad

Additional Options and Tweaks

by Puvox Software

10+ installs5.0

Dashboard Notepad

by Stephanie Leary

10K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Dashboard Notepad has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Additional Options and Tweaks.
On a typical day, Dashboard Notepad is downloaded about 23 times, Additional Options and Tweaks about 4.
Additional Options and Tweaks is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.6 from 12 reviews.
Additional Options and Tweaks was updated more recently: Oct 22, 2026, against Jul 30, 2017 for Dashboard Notepad.
Additional Options and Tweaks is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.1.42 for Dashboard Notepad.
Dashboard Notepad has been around longer: since 2009, against 2023 for Additional Options and Tweaks.

Additional Options and Tweaks leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Additional Options and Tweaks	Dashboard Notepad
Popular rank	#42,095	#2,102
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	99	583
Rating	5.0(1)	4.6(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.1.42
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.00
Last release	19 days ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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