Easy Custom Auto Excerpt
by todiadiyatmo · Search
Also makes 3 other plugins · 6.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Auto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …
56 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 865 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
479
now · peak 6.5K
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-02 · 1,437 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.5.0 Fixed bug: Password-protected post content should not be shown 2.5.0
- — Version 2.4.12 New license manager 2.4.12
- — Version 2.4.11 Add new option to set excert font size Add new option to link image inside excerpt to single post 2.4.11
- — Version 2.4.10 Fixed some bugs in settings page 2.4.10
- — Version 2.4.9 Fixed some minor bugs in character excerpt 2.4.9
- — Version 2.4.8 Fixed bug in excerpt method character 2.4.8
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2018-11-13 CVE-2018-5311 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.4.7 Patched in 2.4.7
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 70 languages, 4 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 46 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-03 7K+ → 6K+ down after 326 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 8K+ → 7K+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2024-10-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 134 days in tier
- 2024-06-18 10K+ → 9K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Stealth Publish 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP-UTF8-Excerpt 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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