WordPress plugin comparison
better-utf8-excerpt vs Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress
At a glance
- Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress has more active installs: 100+, against 10+ for better-utf8-excerpt.
- On a typical day, Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is downloaded about 7 times, better-utf8-excerpt about 1.
- better-utf8-excerpt has no reviews yet.
- Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress was updated more recently: Dec 15, 2025, against Aug 17, 2011 for better-utf8-excerpt.
- better-utf8-excerpt has been around longer: since 2011, against 2020 for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.
Line by line
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.
| Metric |  better-utf8-excerpt |  Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #48,063 | #15,210 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 100+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 28 | 194 |
| Rating | No ratings | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | – | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.26 |
| Last release | 15 years ago | 10 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.0 |
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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