Best page excerpt plugins for WordPress
The most popular page excerpt plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Page Excerpt leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Page Excerpt Widget (100+). All 2 plugins tagged “page excerpt” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 page excerpt plugins
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Page ExcerptThe most installed page excerpt plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Page Excerpt Widget100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 2 plugins tagged “page excerpt”
Page Excerpt
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,084by Jeremy Massel9 years ago
This plugin adds the same functionality of the excerpt feature in posts to pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Page Excerpt Widget
Up in the last 7 days:79#13,327by JonathanMH11 years ago
This plugin allows the user to place a widget with an excerpt of a page in any sidebar. Dropdown menu for page, amount of characters adjustable.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day