Create a beautiful, responsive 15x15 grid crossword to your liking. You have full control over the blank cells and the clues.
As of April 2026, Advanced Crossword is a WordPress puzzle plugin with 100 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0.1+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Top alternative: Crossword Compiler Puzzles.
Advanced Crossword lets you have the most customizable crossword, and also allows the player to adjust cell size/color/text.
Not limited to 15×15 grid, it can have different sizes, and is responsive to all devices (mobile/tablet/desktop)
With templates to cusomize the menu, changing icons and more.
It will let you customize the crossword to your needs.
Now you can customize who has access to play the crossword, either Anonymous users or logged in users.
It lets you add access to different pages of the crossword plugin, so you can delegate work to other individuals in your company.
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Video tutorial on how to set up Advanced Crossword
| WordPress | 5.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
= 2025-12-12
* Tested with WordPress 6.9 version
= 2025-11-13
* Removed $template text from front end
* Added 2 files that were not included – missed on previous commit
= 2025-08-12
* Added answers check on the player’s view
* Added setting to change color for wrong and right answers
* Added setting to control the delay when the answers should be checked
= 2025-04-19
* Tested with WordPress version 6.8
* Removed minimal php checking version
= 2024-11-22
* Tested with WordPress version 6.7
* Added Fast Load for Clues, copy and paste clues into textarea
= 2024-07-21
* Tested with WordPress version 6.6
= 2024-02-01
* Added User Access tab
* Added User Access rule to Anonymous Users
* Added User Access rule to Crossword – Only Anonymous
* Added Page Releases and How To
* Added Feedback form on uninstall
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