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.

Author:Marcus Downing and Zack Kakia (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.8
WordPress version tested:5.5.0
Plugin version:0.7
Added to WordPress repository:14-11-2009
Last updated:17-11-2020
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:100
Rated by:1
Plugin URI:http://www.bang-on.net/
Total downloads:11 823
Active installs:400+
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A simple plugin to enhance your use of the_excerpt() function. Allows you to change the default title and description of the excerpt box, add an excerpt box to pages and show a customizable jQuery character counter with the ability to limit the amount of characters.

The jQuery character counter from Tom Deater provides a user friendly way to limit the amount of characters while writing.


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