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by Marcus Downing 5 (1 reviews)

Excerpt Tools

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

Excerpt Tools ranks #10,775 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Nov 17, 2020. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.5 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 5 years ago Last Update on 17 Nov, 2020
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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#10,775
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Active Installs
300+
-11.8%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
13.1K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 36%
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10,733 10,750 10,768 10,786 10,803 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
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Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Nov 17, 2020
Requires WP
2.8+
Tested Up To
5.5
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Marcus Downing

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Rating
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Reviews
1
Support Threads
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Resolved
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use the_excerpt() function and want more control over excerpts on posts and pages. It solves the lack of an excerpt box on pages and the absence of a character counter/limiter by adding a customizable excerpt title/description and a jQuery-based character counter.

  • Change excerpt box title
  • Change excerpt box description
  • Add excerpt box to pages
  • jQuery character counter
  • Character limiter for excerpts

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Excerpt Tools

Excerpt Tools has 300+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Excerpt Tools holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 1 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Excerpt Tools is developed by Marcus Downing and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Excerpt Tools requires WordPress 2.8 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 5.5.
Excerpt Tools has been downloaded 13,085+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Excerpt Tools is trunk. It was last updated on November 17, 2020.
Yes. Excerpt Tools is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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