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Advanced Excerpt

by WPKube · 80,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Advanced Excerpt is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

86/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Advanced Excerpt
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security95
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
FancyThemes7 Jun 2016 to 21 Jun 2019, 11 commits
wpkube3 Jul 2018 to 19 Jan 2024, 54 commits
skustrimovic1 Aug 2026 to 1 Aug 2026, 2 commits

New committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 1 Aug 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Advanced Excerpt
Q1 20241
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 1 Aug 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
6 Aug 2026Advanced Excerpt <= 4.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting4.4<= 4.44.50

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Advanced Excerpt
Q3 20245.0
Q4 20245.0
Q2 20252.7
Q4 20252.0

Average rating fell from 5.0 to 2.0 between Q3 2024 and Q4 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star74
4 star10
3 star4
2 star4
1 star9
Latest low reviews

Momentum

80,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Advanced Excerpt
4 May 2026267
11 May 2026446
18 May 2026649
25 May 2026528
1 Jun 2026651
8 Jun 2026551
15 Jun 2026330
22 Jun 2026585
29 Jun 2026912
6 Jul 20261,464
13 Jul 20261,813
20 Jul 20261,906
27 Jul 202619,397
3 Aug 20268,317
10 Aug 20264,632
17 Aug 20264,053
24 Aug 20264,655
31 Aug 20262,997
7 Sep 20262,807
14 Sep 20263,970
21 Sep 20262,370
28 Sep 20262,678
5 Oct 20262,391
12 Oct 20262,054
19 Oct 20263,808
26 Oct 20262,279
2 Nov 2026379

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 25% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version4.5
AuthorWPKube
Added28 Aug 2007
Last updated1 Aug 2026
Active installs80,000+
Requires WordPress3.2
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagspost, content, excerpt, formatting, post excerpt

Other plugins by this author: CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress, Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor), Authors List, Social Sharing Plugin - Kiwi, Go Redirects URL Forwarder, About Author Box

Questions

Is Advanced Excerpt still maintained?

Advanced Excerpt was last updated on 1 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Advanced Excerpt safe?

Advanced Excerpt has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Advanced Excerpt?

The wordpress.org author is WPKube. Recent committers: skustrimovic, wpkube, FancyThemes, bradt, aprea. New committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 1 Aug 2026.

What can I use instead of Advanced Excerpt?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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