Advanced Editor Tools vs Footnotes Made Easy (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Advanced Editor Tools
2.0M+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Footnotes Made Easy has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 38 reviews) while Advanced Editor Tools leads in active installations (2.0M+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Advanced Editor Tools has accumulated 35M+ total downloads while Footnotes Made Easy has 55K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Advanced Editor Tools | Footnotes Made Easy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.5/5 | ► | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 352 | ◄ | 38 |
| Active Installs | 2.0M+ | ◄ | 2.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 35M+ | ◄ | 55K+ |
| Support Resolution | 20% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 months ago | ◄ | 4 months ago |
| First Released | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Age | 19 years | 9 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.9+ | 4.6+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 5.9.2 | 3.1.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Advanced Editor Tools
Footnotes Made Easy
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Advanced Editor Tools averaged approximately 1,463 daily downloads while Footnotes Made Easy averaged 13.
Recent Reviews
Advanced Editor Tools Reviews
Useful for Editing
Nice plugin for bringing back extra editing tools. Makes the editor more comfortable to use and helps with quick formatting. A few things could be better, but still quite useful.
Helpful Editor Upgrade
Nice plugin for improving the WordPress editor. Adds some useful options that were missing before. Setup was simple and works fine on my site so far. Not perfect, but still a solid tool.
Destroys your editing of website when deactivated.
Do not use this plugin. It create a sister paragraph and insert all your content in there. If the it is deactivated, all the content in their container (which they automatically integrate into every
Footnotes Made Easy Reviews
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
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
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
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