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WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 6 ratings
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WP PlugIndex currently records Page Excerpt Widget version 0.3 as active, updated 11y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.1.
Overview
About this plugin
I have created a little WordPress plugin in the shape of a widget, which allows the user to display an excerpt of a page in a sidebar area of their choice.
I wrote this to replace a little theme hack I did for a client, where the front page was supposed to have an excerpt of a page on the front page, of course linking to the full page. Instead of keeping it that way and hard coding the page-id, I wanted something where the end user could change which page was supposed to be linked. I hope it will be of use to someone.
Right now you can:
Define the amount of characters to use as an excerpt
Select the page from all existing pages
Link the title of the page, to the page
Append a link to the page
Decide a custom label for the read more link
add multiple instances of the widget
I plan to increase the functionality with:
some internationalisation
Suggestions welcome
Since this is my first plugin and widget, suggestions, improvements and more are very welcome. I’ve also published the code on github, for easier discussion and improvement. com/JonathanMH/page-excerpt-widget
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
page excerpt
read more link
widget
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 4.1
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.1.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.8 · PHP not listed
Update activity15 Jan 201511y ago
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