WordPress plugin comparison
Excerpt Customizer vs WP-UTF8-Excerpt
At a glance
- WP-UTF8-Excerpt has more active installs: 700+, against fewer than 10 for Excerpt Customizer.
- On a typical day, WP-UTF8-Excerpt is downloaded about 8 times, Excerpt Customizer about 2.
- Excerpt Customizer has no reviews yet.
- Excerpt Customizer was updated more recently: Sep 21, 2025, against Nov 30, 2021 for WP-UTF8-Excerpt.
- Excerpt Customizer is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 5.8.19 for WP-UTF8-Excerpt.
- WP-UTF8-Excerpt has been around longer: since 2009, against 2025 for Excerpt Customizer.
Line by line
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| Metric |  Excerpt Customizer |  WP-UTF8-Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #71,440 | #7,814 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 700+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 37 | 115 |
| Rating | No ratings | 5.0(2) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.8.12 | 5.8.19 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.03 | ×0.01 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 5 years ago |
| Requires PHP | – | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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