WordPress plugin comparison

Easy Custom Auto Excerpt vs Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

Easy Custom Auto Excerpt

by todiadiyatmo

6K+ installs4.5

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

by theMikeD

100+ installs5.0

At a glance

Easy Custom Auto Excerpt has more active installs: 6K+, against 100+ for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.
On a typical day, Easy Custom Auto Excerpt is downloaded about 27 times, Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress about 7.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.5 from 151 reviews.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress was updated more recently: Dec 15, 2025, against Apr 16, 2024 for Easy Custom Auto Excerpt.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.5.14 for Easy Custom Auto Excerpt.
Easy Custom Auto Excerpt has been around longer: since 2013, against 2020 for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Easy Custom Auto Excerpt	Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress
Popular rank	#2,709	#15,210
Active installs	6K+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	620	194
Rating	4.5(151)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	6.5.14	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.11	×0.26
Last release	2 years ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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