Title: Excerpt Tools
Author: Marcus Downing
Published: <strong>14 novembre 2009</strong>
Last modified: 17 novembre 2020

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# Excerpt Tools

 Per [Marcus Downing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcusdowning/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/excerpt-tools.zip)

 * [Details](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/excerpt-tools/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/excerpt-tools/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/excerpt-tools/#installation)
 * [Development](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/excerpt-tools/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/excerpt-tools/)

## Descripcion

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](http://tomdeater.com/) provides a
user friendly way to limit the amount of characters while writing.

## Screenshots

[⌊An example of the excerpt box.⌉⌊An example of the excerpt box.⌉[

An example of the excerpt box.

[⌊The settings page showing custom post types.⌉⌊The settings page showing custom
post types.⌉[

The settings page showing custom post types.

## Installacion

 1. Upload the `excerpt-tools` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Configure your options under the « Excerpt Tools » item in the Settings menu.

Note that from version 0.5, this plugin requires PHP version 5.3 or above.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Nice work on this plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-work-on-this-plugin/)󠁿

 [rogeriomello](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rogeriomello/) 25 mai 2021

Works perfectly. Very useful when using categorized pages or custom post types.

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Marcus Downing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcusdowning/)
 *   [ Zaybiz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zaybiz/)

[Translate “Excerpt Tools” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/excerpt-tools)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/excerpt-tools/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/excerpt-tools/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/excerpt-tools/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/excerpt-tools/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.7

 * Fixes for PHP 7

#### 0.6

 * Progress bar on excerpt area
 * Added options for meta box icons
 * Preserve trailing ellipsis when trimming excerpts for length

#### 0.5

 * Moved to a new namespace (requires PHP 5.3)
 * Added option to enforce excerpt length
 * Set excerpt length with Relevanssi as well

#### 0.4

 * Project taken over and revived by Marcus Downing
 * Fixed bugs requiring you set a title and length before the plugin would work
 * Add support for custom post types
 * Cosmetic changes to match the appearance of WordPress 3.8+

#### 0.2

 * Initial public release of Excerpt Tools by Zack Kakia.

## Mèta

 *  Version **0.7**
 *  Last updated **6 annadas ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.5.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/excerpt-tools/)
 * Tags
 * [character limit](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/character-limit/)[excerpt](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excerpt/)
   [excerpt length](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excerpt-length/)[jquery](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jquery/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/excerpt-tools/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Marcus Downing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcusdowning/)
 *   [ Zaybiz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zaybiz/)

## Support

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