WordPress plugin comparison

Excerpt character limiter vs Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

Excerpt character limiter

by matteotrap

10+ installs

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

by theMikeD

100+ installs5.0

At a glance

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress has more active installs: 100+, against 10+ for Excerpt character limiter.
On a typical day, Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is downloaded about 7 times, Excerpt character limiter about 1.
Excerpt character limiter has no reviews yet.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress was updated more recently: Dec 15, 2025, against Aug 23, 2010 for Excerpt character limiter.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 3.0.5 for Excerpt character limiter.
Excerpt character limiter has been around longer: since 2010, against 2020 for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress.

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Excerpt character limiter	Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress
Popular rank	#41,842	#15,210
Active installs	10+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	16	194
Rating	No ratings	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.0.5	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.26
Last release	16 years ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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