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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.<\/p>\n\n

The jQuery character counter from Tom Deater<\/a> provides a user friendly way to limit the amount of characters while writing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Upload the excerpt-tools<\/code> directory to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
  3. Configure your options under the \"Excerpt Tools\" item in the Settings menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Note that from version 0.5, this plugin requires PHP version 5.3 or above.<\/p>\n\n\n

    0.7<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Fixes for PHP 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      0.6<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Progress bar on excerpt area<\/li>\n
      • Added options for meta box icons<\/li>\n
      • Preserve trailing ellipsis when trimming excerpts for length<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        0.5<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Moved to a new namespace (requires PHP 5.3)<\/li>\n
        • Added option to enforce excerpt length<\/li>\n
        • Set excerpt length with Relevanssi as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          0.4<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Project taken over and revived by Marcus Downing<\/li>\n
          • Fixed bugs requiring you set a title and length before the plugin would work<\/li>\n
          • Add support for custom post types<\/li>\n
          • Cosmetic changes to match the appearance of WordPress 3.8+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            0.2<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • Initial public release of Excerpt Tools by Zack Kakia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Change the default text and description of the excerpt box, add an excerpt box to pages and show a jQuery character counter and limiter.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/7255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7255"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/marcusdowning"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=7255"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=7255"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=7255"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=7255"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=7255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}