WordPress plugin comparison
Advance Category Posts Widget vs Advanced Excerpt
At a glance
- Advanced Excerpt has more active installs: 80K+, against 70+ for Advance Category Posts Widget.
- On a typical day, Advanced Excerpt is downloaded about 288 times, Advance Category Posts Widget about 4.
- Advance Category Posts Widget has no reviews yet.
- Advanced Excerpt was updated more recently: Aug 1, 2026, against Apr 24, 2019 for Advance Category Posts Widget.
- Advanced Excerpt is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.0.31 for Advance Category Posts Widget.
- Advanced Excerpt has been around longer: since 2007, against 2018 for Advance Category Posts Widget.
Line by line
Advanced Excerpt leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Advance Category Posts Widget |  Advanced Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #18,424 | #541 |
| Active installs | 70+ | 80K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 72 | 10.5K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.3(101) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 5.0.31 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.04 |
| Last release | 7 years ago | 3 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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