WordPress plugin comparison
Stylish Smilies vs Visual CSS Style Editor
At a glance
- Visual CSS Style Editor has more active installs: 30K+, against 10+ for Stylish Smilies.
- On a typical day, Visual CSS Style Editor is downloaded about 88 times, Stylish Smilies about 1.
- Stylish Smilies has no reviews yet.
- Visual CSS Style Editor was updated more recently: Aug 23, 2026, against Sep 1, 2012 for Stylish Smilies.
- Visual CSS Style Editor is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for Stylish Smilies.
- Stylish Smilies has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Visual CSS Style Editor.
Line by line
Visual CSS Style Editor leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Stylish Smilies |  Visual CSS Style Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #47,716 | #939 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 30K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 21 | 2.6K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.1(90) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 3.4.2 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.91 |
| Last release | 14 years ago | 2 months 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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