10 Best Page Excerpt Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Page Excerpt has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Page Excerpt
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Toggle wpautop
Closest match4.9 (32) 9,000+ active installsEasily disable the default wpautop filter on a post by post basis.
Shares the excerpt tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since April 7, 2021.
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4.5 (151) 6,000+ active installsAuto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …
Shares the excerpt tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since April 16, 2024.
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4.8 (36) 4,000+ active installsAll in one widgets and sidebars management in WordPress. Allows you to hide or display widgets on specified pages and restrict access for users.
Shares the cms tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.7 (124) 8,000+ active installsGiven that I am not using Wordpress these days and I haven't really been using WooPoly for a while. I am looking for maintainers to take over thi …
Shares the cms tag on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, no update since February 16, 2021.
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4.6 (107) 20,000+ active installsWP-Paginate is a simple and flexible pagination plugin which provides users with better navigation on your WordPress site.
Shares the page tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)
4.4 (24) 10,000+ active installsAdds an HTML (Not XML) sitemap of your pages (not posts) by using the HTML Sitemap Block or shortcode, perfect for those who use WordPress as a CMS.
Shares the page tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.6 (48) 10,000+ active installsGet a tree view of all your pages directly in the admin menu. Search, add, edit, view, re-order – all is just one click away!
Shares the page tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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4.6 (59) 30,000+ active installsCustomize the management screen UI.
Shares the page tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 20, 2024.
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4.4 (117) 10,000+ active installsTHIS IS FORMER WORDPRESS FILE UPLOAD PLUGIN. Simple yet powerful plugin to allow users to upload files from any page, post or sidebar and manage them.
Shares the page tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated August 3, 2026.
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4.7 (30) 20,000+ active installsEasily add a Post Categories to Wordpress Pages
Shares the page tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, no update since October 19, 2019.
Switching from Page Excerpt: common questions
What is the best alternative to Page Excerpt?
Toggle wpautop is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 9,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Page Excerpt alternative has the most users?
WP Admin UI Customize, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Page Excerpt alternative is rated highest?
Hyyan WooCommerce Polylang Integration, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 124 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Page Excerpt alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Page Excerpt score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Page Excerpt on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Toggle wpautop is the closest match to Page Excerpt by the data we track, and WP Admin UI Customize has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. HTML Page Sitemap shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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