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Page Excerpt

Description

This plugin adds the same functionality of the excerpt feature in posts to pages.

Screenshots

  • The Page Excerpt Box

Installation

  1. Upload page-excerpt.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Use page excerpt box as you would in a post

FAQ

Installation Instructions
  1. Upload page-excerpt.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Use page excerpt box as you would in a post
How do I use this?

On the create (or edit) pages page, you will see a box called ‘Page Excerpt’. It allows you to put in a short summary of your content. You can then call it using the <?php the_excerpt(); ?> function within the loop

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Reviews

September 4, 2017
easy to install and use. This Plugin is essential on all my sites! Thank the developer for the generosity
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Contributors & Developers

“Page Excerpt” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

= 1.3=
* Verified 3.5.1 Compatibility
* Updated Screenshot

1.2

  • Fixes a bug in v 1.1

1.1

  • Supports WP 3.1 and greater

1.0

  • First version