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WP-UTF8-Excerpt

by BettyJJ · Uncategorized

This plugin generates a better excerpt for multi-byte language users (Chinese, for example). Besides, it keeps the html tags in the excerpt.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.

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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 5/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1733 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+61% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

111

now · peak 535

10730d 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

WP-UTF8-Excerpt · #7845 you Advanced Excerpt · #550 Easy Custom Auto Exc · #2742 Stealth Publish · #7160

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.

153per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

4.7y ago

latest release · v0.8.3

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.8.3 · 4.7y ago0.8.2 · 7.4y ago0.6.2 · 14.7y ago0.5.3 · 14.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.8 86%
v0.6 14%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

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

Install history · since 2015-08-24 · 1,419 observations

700Installs · 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.

Details

Version
0.8.3
Last updated
4.7y ago
Added
2009-01-13 · 17 yrs old
Requires WP
Tested up to
5.8.15
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. ad52825196
    12.8y ago

    Just active this plugin and refresh your website!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. liuyingwuridie
    13.0y ago

    I like this plugin very much but if only you would update it. [email address moderated – these forums do not provide support via email]

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 59 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Chinese (China) 100%
Azerbaijani 14%
Croatian 14%
Czech 14%
Dutch 14%
English (Canada) 14%
English (New Zealand) 14%
English (UK) 14%
Esperanto 14%
French (France) 14%
German 14%
Greek 14%
Hindi 14%
Hungarian 14%
Nepali 14%
Portuguese (Brazil) 14%
Portuguese (Portugal) 14%
Romanian 14%
Slovak 14%
Spanish (Spain) 14%
Ukrainian 14%
Albanian 7%
Armenian 7%
Arpitan 7%

Plus 35 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-10 800+ → 700+ down after 10 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-30 700+ → 800+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-25 800+ → 700+ down after 6 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-19 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-18 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-16 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-15 800+ → 700+ down after 157 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-09 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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WP-UTF8-Excerpt: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-utf8-excerpt