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Advanced Excerpt vs Footnotes Made Easy (2026)

Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.

Advanced Excerpt

Advanced Excerpt

4.3(101)

80K+ active installs

Free

Updated 2 years ago
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Footnotes Made Easy

Footnotes Made Easy

4.6(38)

2.0K+ active installs

Free

Updated 4 months ago
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Quick Verdict

As of April 2026, Footnotes Made Easy has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 38 reviews) while Advanced Excerpt leads in active installations (80K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Advanced Excerpt has accumulated 1.5M+ total downloads while Footnotes Made Easy has 55K+.

Detailed Comparison

Rating
4.3/5Advanced Excerpt
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Footnotes Made Easy4.6/5
Total Reviews
101Advanced Excerpt
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Footnotes Made Easy38
Active Installs
80K+Advanced Excerpt
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Footnotes Made Easy2.0K+
Total Downloads
1.5M+Advanced Excerpt
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Footnotes Made Easy55K+
Support Resolution
N/AAdvanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made EasyN/A
Last Updated
2 years agoAdvanced Excerpt
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Footnotes Made Easy4 months ago
First Released
2007Advanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made Easy2017
Age
19 yearsAdvanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made Easy9 years
WP Requires
3.2+Advanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made Easy4.6+
PHP Requires
false+Advanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made Easy7.4+
Business Model
FreeAdvanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made EasyFree
Latest Version
4.4.1Advanced Excerpt
Footnotes Made Easy3.1.0

Rating Breakdown

Advanced Excerpt

4.3/5(101 reviews)
5
73%
4
10%
3
4%
2
4%
1
9%

Footnotes Made Easy

4.6/5(38 reviews)
5
87%
4
3%
3
0%
2
3%
1
8%

Recent Reviews

Advanced Excerpt Reviews

by pipspeak

No longer working apparently

It looked promising, feature wise, but is not working on WordPress 6.8.3 running Twenty Twenty-Five theme — has no effect on the default Excerpt block and no other custom excerpt block seems to have b

by ibiza69

Is this plugin still maintained

Is this plugin still being maintained by its developers? It hasn’t been updated in a year? What version of PHP does it support? I’d also like to ask if there’s support, given that we’ve read many

by pundarikaksa

Didn’t work on wordpress 6.8.1

It’s a real pity… 🙁

Footnotes Made Easy Reviews

by Greg Taylor

Great Plugin

Very easy to set up and understand. Makes creating useful, interactive footnotes a total breeze. I found I did not have to leave a space after the last character before the double parentheses for a fo

by JCV

Plugin not updated anymore

This plugin was great. Then the original developer got busy and passed it to another developper, who in months hasn’t fixed small bugs that users takes the time to report, claims to be PHP 8.2 complia

by yolandal

What do I do with all my footnotes now?

Hello David, I’m sorry to hear you had to discontinue this plugin. But I have a problem now, as I’ve used footnotes on several of my blogs, the code is now shown in the text which gives a lot of clutt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Advanced Excerpt or Footnotes Made Easy more popular?
Advanced Excerpt has 80K+ active installations while Footnotes Made Easy has 2.0K+. Advanced Excerpt is the more widely-used plugin as of April 2026.
Which has better ratings — Advanced Excerpt or Footnotes Made Easy?
Advanced Excerpt has a 4.3/5 rating from 101 reviews, while Footnotes Made Easy has a 4.6/5 rating from 38 reviews.
Are Advanced Excerpt and Footnotes Made Easy free?
Advanced Excerpt is free and Footnotes Made Easy is free. Both can be downloaded from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Which plugin has better support — Advanced Excerpt or Footnotes Made Easy?
Support resolution data is not available for all plugins. Check each plugin's WordPress.org support forum for current response quality.
Which plugin is updated more frequently?
Advanced Excerpt was last updated 2 years ago and Footnotes Made Easy was last updated 4 months ago.

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