matteotrap

WordPress Excerpts should be short, you know.
But when a user writes a lot, you might want to limit the number of characters for the excerpt panel: that’s where the Excerpt Character Limiter plugin comes handy!
It will basically add a character countdown to the panel titlebar, and it will truncate the text when available characters drop to zero. 
Simple but effective!

Excerpt character limiter

It will basically add a character countdown to the panel titlebar, and it will truncate the text when available characters drop to zero.

Husain Ahmed

This plugin remove extra p and br tags from the_content, the_excerpt and widget_text_content.

Empty P Tag

This plugin is very easy to install and use, there are no extra setting to do.

Easy and best performance

This plugin hides empty paragraphs and make your butyfull design without breaking design.

Excerpt character limiter vs Empty P Tag