WordPress plugin comparison

Cryout Serious Theme Settings vs Essential Theme Helpers

Cryout Serious Theme Settings

by CryoutCreations

40K+ installs4.3

Essential Theme Helpers

by Devmont Digital

Fewer than 10 installs

At a glance

Cryout Serious Theme Settings has more active installs: 40K+, against fewer than 10 for Essential Theme Helpers.
On a typical day, Cryout Serious Theme Settings is downloaded about 80 times, Essential Theme Helpers about 2.
Essential Theme Helpers has no reviews yet.
Essential Theme Helpers was updated more recently: Sep 15, 2026, against Jan 26, 2026 for Cryout Serious Theme Settings.
Essential Theme Helpers is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Cryout Serious Theme Settings.
Cryout Serious Theme Settings has been around longer: since 2015, against 2025 for Essential Theme Helpers.

Cryout Serious Theme Settings leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Cryout Serious Theme Settings	Essential Theme Helpers
Popular rank	#891	#58,189
Active installs	40K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	2.5K	51
Rating	4.3(16)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.69	×0.05
Last release	9 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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