WordPress plugin comparison

Enhanced Text Widget vs Markdown for WordPress and bbPress

Enhanced Text Widget

by cl272

30K+ installs4.9

Markdown for WordPress and bbPress

by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)

50+ installs5.0

At a glance

Enhanced Text Widget has more active installs: 30K+, against 50+ for Markdown for WordPress and bbPress.
On a typical day, Enhanced Text Widget is downloaded about 62 times, Markdown for WordPress and bbPress about 3.
Markdown for WordPress and bbPress is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 50 reviews.
Enhanced Text Widget was updated more recently: Jul 17, 2024, against May 21, 2008 for Markdown for WordPress and bbPress.
Enhanced Text Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.6.11, against 2.5.1 for Markdown for WordPress and bbPress.
Markdown for WordPress and bbPress has been around longer: since 2008, against 2011 for Enhanced Text Widget.

Enhanced Text Widget leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Enhanced Text Widget	Markdown for WordPress and bbPress
Popular rank	#1,001	#20,689
Active installs	30K+	50+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.6K	52
Rating	4.9(50)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.6.11	2.5.1
Search multiplier	×0.16	×0.00
Last release	2 years ago	18 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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