Get Better Excerpt
by jamieschmid 1 (0 reviews)

Get Better Excerpt

The Get Better Excerpt plugin works almost identical to the built in get_the_excerpt() and the_excerpt() functions except it returns whole words inste …

Get Better Excerpt ranks #29,479 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Apr 6, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.1 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 06 Apr, 2016
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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Apr 06, 2016
Requires WP
3.2.0+
Tested Up To
4.1
PHP Version
N/A
Author
jamieschmid

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Get Better Excerpt

Insert the following code into your WordPress theme files: General results Without passing any parameters, the plugin will return ten results or fewer depending on how many posts you have. thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt(); Altering the before and after values By default the plugin wraps your code in list item (<li>) tags but you can specify how to format the results using the following code: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('before=<p>&after=</p>'); Adding a Link If you'd like to link to the post (remember it's not live yet) you can do so by calling: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('link=true');
You can specify the number of words returned using the option: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('words=20');
If you would like to load the content directly, skipping the entered excerpt: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('skipexcerpt=true');
By default the plugin includes a ... after the excerpt, you can remove it or change it by altering: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('trail= ...'); Return a whole sentence If you would like to return whole sentences rather than words, you can control the number of sentences to return: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('sentence=1'); Echo vs. Return Finally, if you'd like to copy the results into a variable you can return the results as follows: thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt('show=false');

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