Title: Page Excerpt Widget Author: JonathanMH Published: 2012-07-11 Last modified: 2015-01-15 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/page-excerpt-widget.svg) # Page Excerpt Widget By [JonathanMH](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonathanmh_com/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/page-excerpt-widget.0.4.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/) ## Description 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. https://github.com/JonathanMH/page-excerpt-widget ## Screenshots * [[ * This shows the widget in the backend and the options the user has. * [[ * This shows the output of the widget in the twenty eleven theme. ## Installation 1. Upload the `page_excerpt_widget` directory to `/wp-content/plugins/` on your WordPress installation. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Go to ‘Appearance > Widgets’ to place the Page Excerpt Widget in one of your sidebar areas. ## FAQ Can I have multiple page excerpt widgets active at the same time? Yes. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f79ab8c42415c277167ade15db6444e619b5ed8051ae9f46eb3a645a4757475? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Grat contrabutition](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/grat-contrabutition/)󠁿 [design.dot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designdot/) 2016-09-03 Excellent job. I found my job very easy please ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b902271fa899f388c7f4e4fdf80c56914b755c8d3b2ebb4967be095a4243767? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[mbbsclub.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbbsclub-com/)󠁿 [aamircs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aamircs/) 2017-02-07 Very useful plugin, works great for me! [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Page Excerpt Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ JonathanMH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonathanmh_com/) * [ jonathanmh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonathanmh/) [Translate “Page Excerpt Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/page-excerpt-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-excerpt-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/page-excerpt-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/page-excerpt-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/page-excerpt-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.4 2015-1-15 updated tested until #### 0.2 2013-1-6 Rewrite for multiple instances * WP 2.8 is a requirement now #### 0.1 2012-7-11 Initial release * 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 ## Meta * Version **0.3** * Last updated **11 ел ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.1.42** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt-widget/) * Tags * [page](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page/)[page excerpt](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page-excerpt/) [read more link](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/read-more-link/)[widget](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-excerpt-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ JonathanMH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonathanmh_com/) * [ jonathanmh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonathanmh/) ## Support Got something to say? 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