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Simply Excerpts

by A. Jones · Uncategorized

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A simple plugin for exceprts that allows you to change the word count and to replace the elipsis (...) with text. Not compatible with all themes.

⚠ Few reviews
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79 Health · B
Maintenance 87/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

79 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

500+

Active installs

≈580 estimated

11.7K

Total downloads

since 2015

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-23%

148

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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.

84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 98/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-23% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

148

now · peak 547

15030d downloads · Aug 26

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

Simply Excerpts · #8906 you Reading Time WP · #1097 Read More Without Re · #1346 Text Unfold For Elem · #3929

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.

300per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.7 93%
Older / other versions 7.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈580

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-01-16 · 1,421 observations

500Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.7
Last updated
6mo ago
Added
2015-11-14 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
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Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ limsocheat
    4.5y ago

    Work really great, try many plugins, but this plugin works very well.

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  2. ★★★★★ leandrowfx
    10.5y ago

    It’s just works so well.. thanks!

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. Medium · 4.4 Simply Excerpts <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2023-11-13 CVE-2023-5137 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.6

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 Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-10-30 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-10-29 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-22 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-10-20 500+ → 400+ down after 129 days in tier
  5. 2025-06-13 400+ → 500+ up

Competes with

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