WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Dashboard Help Widget vs Enhanced Text Widget

Custom Dashboard Help Widget

by Jo Landers

800+ installs4.8

Enhanced Text Widget

by cl272

30K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Enhanced Text Widget has more active installs: 30K+, against 800+ for Custom Dashboard Help Widget.
On a typical day, Enhanced Text Widget is downloaded about 62 times, Custom Dashboard Help Widget about 7.
Enhanced Text Widget is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 50 reviews, against 4.8 from 6 reviews.
Enhanced Text Widget was updated more recently: Jul 17, 2024, against Feb 24, 2014 for Custom Dashboard Help Widget.
Enhanced Text Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.6.11, against 3.8.41 for Custom Dashboard Help Widget.
Custom Dashboard Help Widget has been around longer: since 2010, against 2011 for Enhanced Text Widget.

Enhanced Text Widget leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Dashboard Help Widget	Enhanced Text Widget
Popular rank	#7,472	#1,001
Active installs	800+	30K+
Downloads, last 30 days	130	1.6K
Rating	4.8(6)	4.9(50)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.8.41	6.6.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.16
Last release	12 years ago	2 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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