Always Show Excerpts
Plugin Name: Always Show Excerpts
Plugin URI: https://codeberg.org/kifd-WordPress/AlwaysShowExcerpts
Contributors: keith_wp
Author Link: https://drakard.com/
Requires at least: 4.0 or higher
Tested up to: 6.7.2
Requires PHP: 8.3
Stable tag: 0.13
License: BSD-3-Clause
License URI: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:BSD-3-Clause
Tags: post excerpts, post excerpt, excerpt
On selected types of indexes, choose to always show the excerpts for a post instead of the full post content.
Description
After getting annoyed that the default 2017 theme was showing the full post content on every index page, I extended this support answer into this plugin that can filter calls to "the_content" and return the post excerpt instead.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/always-show-excerpts/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
- Go to the Settings -> Reading page to configure the plugin, picking which types of archives should be affected.
Screenshots
- Settings to pick which indexes.
- Demo of an index before applying this plugin.
- Demo of an index after applying this plugin.
Changelog
0.13
- Fix: Stopped creating deprecated dynamic properties for PHP 8.3
0.12
- Tested against 6.7.2
- Fix: Moved the translation text domain loading to later in the init
0.11
- Tested against 6.5, 6.4.1 and 6.3.2
0.1
- Tested against 5.6 alpha
0.1
- Tested against 5.2.4
- Initial release