Advanced Excerpt vs HandL Hide Content
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Advanced Excerpt ranks #547 on the popular list; HandL Hide Content is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Advanced Excerpt has the largest install base, roughly 8000× the next: 80K+ active installs against 10+ for HandL Hide Content. Downloads this week: Advanced Excerpt 2,123 and HandL Hide Content 15.
| Metric | Advanced Excerpt | HandL Hide Content |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #547 ▼ 1 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 80K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 2,123 | 15 |
| Rating | 4.3★ (101) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Aug 1, 2026 | May 23, 2026 |
| Current version | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| Best rank on record | #539 | #33,483 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Aug 2007 | Feb 2016 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Advanced Excerpt or HandL Hide Content?
By active installs, Advanced Excerpt: 80K+ sites run it against 10+ for HandL Hide Content, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 18, 2026.
Are Advanced Excerpt or HandL Hide Content alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.