WordPress plugin comparison

Excerpt Customizer vs Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

Excerpt Customizer

by Liaison

Fewer than 10 installs

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

by theMikeD

100+ installs5.0

At a glance

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress has more active installs: 100+, against fewer than 10 for Excerpt Customizer.
On a typical day, Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is downloaded about 7 times, Excerpt Customizer about 2.
Excerpt Customizer has no reviews yet.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress was updated more recently: Dec 15, 2025, against Sep 21, 2025 for Excerpt Customizer.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.8.12 for Excerpt Customizer.
Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress has been around longer: since 2020, against 2025 for Excerpt Customizer.

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

Metric	Excerpt Customizer	Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress
Popular rank	#71,440	#15,210
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	37	194
Rating	No ratings	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.8.12	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.03	×0.26
Last release	1 year ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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