WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Excerpt vs Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

Advanced Excerpt

by WPKube

80K+ installs4.3

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

by theMikeD

100+ installs5.0

At a glance

Advanced Excerpt has more active installs: 80K+, against 100+ for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.
On a typical day, Advanced Excerpt is downloaded about 288 times, Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress about 7.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.3 from 101 reviews.
Advanced Excerpt was updated more recently: Aug 1, 2026, against Dec 15, 2025 for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.
Advanced Excerpt is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.9.11 for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.
Advanced Excerpt has been around longer: since 2007, against 2020 for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.

Advanced Excerpt leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Excerpt	Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress
Popular rank	#541	#15,210
Active installs	80K+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	10.5K	194
Rating	4.3(101)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×1.04	×0.26
Last release	3 months ago	10 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.0

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