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Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

100+ installs · #15,284 most popular

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Advanced Excerpt
80K+ active installs.
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4.5 out of 5 from 151 reviews.
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Updated on Aug 1, 2026.
  1. Advanced Excerpt

    by WPKube

    Control the appearance of WordPress post excerpts

    Installs
    80K+
    Rank
    #541
    Rating
    4.3(101)
    Updated
    3 months ago

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  2. Easy Custom Auto Excerpt

    by todiadiyatmo

    Auto 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 …

    Installs
    6K+
    Rank
    #2,713
    Rating
    4.5(151)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  3. Page Excerpt

    by Jeremy Massel

    This plugin adds the same functionality of the excerpt feature in posts to pages.

    Installs
    3K+
    Rank
    #4,084
    Rating
    5.0(10)
    Updated
    9 years ago

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  4. Read More Excerpt Link

    by Tim Eckel

    Create "Read More" link after post excerpt instead of ellipsis [...] Also modify excerpt length.

    Installs
    3K+
    Rank
    #3,991
    Rating
    5.0(6)
    Updated
    9 months ago

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  5. Storefront Blog Excerpts

    by wooassist

    Change the post content area on your archive pages to show the excerpt instead of the full content.

    Installs
    700+
    Rank
    #7,816
    Rating
    5.0(13)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  6. WP-UTF8-Excerpt

    by BettyJJ

    This plugin generates a better excerpt for multi-byte language users (Chinese, for example). Besides, it keeps the html tags in the excerpt.

    Installs
    700+
    Rank
    #7,809
    Rating
    5.0(2)
    Updated
    5 years ago

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  7. Excerpt Editor

    by Andrew Ozz

    Quick edit or create excerpts for both Posts and Pages, auto-generate and append excerpts or replace the content with excerpts.

    Installs
    500+
    Rank
    #8,965
    Rating
    4.0(1)
    Updated
    17 years ago

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  8. Excerpt Tools

    by Marcus Downing

    Change the default text and description of the excerpt box, add an excerpt box to pages and show a jQuery character counter and limiter.

    Installs
    300+
    Rank
    #10,746
    Rating
    5.0(1)
    Updated
    6 years ago

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  9. PJW Page Excerpt

    by Peter Westwood

    This plugin allows you to specify a specifc excerpt for WordPress pages.

    Installs
    200+
    Rank
    #11,374
    Rating
    5.0(1)
    Updated
    15 years ago

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  10. WP CN Excerpt

    by overtrue

    WordPress高级摘要插件。支持在后台设置摘要长度,摘要最后的显示字符,以及允许哪些html标记在摘要中显示。

    Installs
    100+
    Rank
    #16,656
    Rating
    5.0(1)
    Updated
    10 years ago

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  11. mPress Custom Feed Excerpts

    by Micah Wood

    Customize your feed excerpts by simply using the <!--more--> tag in posts.

    Installs
    100+
    Rank
    #16,313
    Rating
    5.0(3)
    Updated
    9 years ago

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  12. Excerpt Length

    by vertino

    Adds an Excerpt Length field setting to the Reading Settings section, this is used to set the number of words that appear in the the_excerpt().

    Installs
    100+
    Rank
    #14,066
    Rating
    No ratings
    Updated
    17 years ago

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