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by JonathanMH 5 (6 reviews)

Page Excerpt Widget

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.

Page Excerpt Widget ranks #13,389 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,766 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jan 15, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.1 (Current: 7.1.4)
v0.4 Current Version v0.4
Updated 11 years ago Last Update on 15 Jan, 2015
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,766 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (6 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Page Excerpt Widget. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and theme developers who want to feature a page excerpt in a sidebar widget. It replaces hard-coded theme hacks by letting users select which page to excerpt and customize its display through a widget interface.

  • Dropdown menu to select page
  • Adjustable excerpt character count
  • Link page title to page
  • Append link to page
  • Custom label for read more link
  • Multiple widget instances supported

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Page Excerpt Widget

Page Excerpt Widget has 100+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Page Excerpt Widget holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 6 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Page Excerpt Widget is developed by JonathanMH and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Page Excerpt Widget requires WordPress 2.8 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 4.1.
Page Excerpt Widget has been downloaded 12,215+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Page Excerpt Widget is 0.4. It was last updated on January 15, 2015.
Yes. Page Excerpt Widget is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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