Get Better Excerpt
** this plugin is no longer being update. Please feel free to adopt me! ** The Get Better Excerpt plugin works almost identical to the built in get_the_excerpt() and the_excerpt() functions except it returns whole words instead of cutting off the excerpt as the existing function does. This plugin is
** this plugin is no longer being update. Please feel free to adopt me! **
The Get Better Excerpt plugin works almost identical to the built in get_the_excerpt() and the_excerpt() functions except it returns whole words instead of cutting off the excerpt as the existing function does.
This plugin is maintained by Christopher Ross, http://thisismyurl.com or you can find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/thisismyurl/
Updates
Updates to the plugin will be posted here, to thisismyurl.com
Donations
If you would like to donate to help support future development of this tool, please visit thisismyurl.com
To install the plugin, please upload the folder to your plugins folder and active the plugin.
Frequently asked questions.
How do I display the results?
Insert the following code into your WordPress theme files:
General results
Without passing any parameters, the plugin will return ten results or fewer depending on how many posts you have.
thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt();
Altering the before and after values
By default the plugin wraps your code in list item (<li>) tags but you can specify how to format the results using the following code:
thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt(‘before=<p>&after=</p>’);
Adding a Link
If you’d like to link to the post (remember it’s not live yet) you can do so by calling:
thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt(‘link=true’);
How many words?
You can specify the number of words returned using the option:
thisismyurl_get_better_excerpt(‘words=20’);
