Tom McFarlin

Excerpt Check prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a post. When no excerpt is present, a modal appears giving the author the choice to add one or proceed without it. This works seamlessly in both the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
Features:
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<li>Intercepts publish and schedule actions when no excerpt is present</li>
<li>Full support for the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg)</li>
<li>Modal prompt that surfaces before the post is saved</li>
<li>Two configurable modes: Remind (allow publishing anyway) or Require (must add an excerpt)</li>
<li>Settings integrated into the existing Settings > Writing page</li>
<li>Works with any post type that has excerpt support enabled</li>
<li>Lightweight with zero impact on front-end performance</li>
</ul>
Why use excerpts?
WordPress can auto-generate excerpts by truncating post content, but the results are often incomplete sentences, leftover shortcodes, or broken HTML. Custom excerpts give you full control over how your posts appear in archive pages, search results, RSS feeds, and SEO meta descriptions.
Use Cases:
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<li>Content teams that enforce editorial standards requiring excerpts on all posts</li>
<li>SEO-focused publishers who rely on custom excerpts for meta descriptions</li>
<li>Multi-author blogs where editors want to ensure consistent content quality</li>
<li>Any site where auto-generated excerpts are not desirable</li>
</ul>

Excerpt Check

Prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a WordPress post. Plugin Homepage

Pieter Bos

gschoppe

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GDPR-compliant: does not collect any user data
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The free “Classic Editor +” plugin is targeted at everyone who does not want to use the WP Block Editor (Gutenberg), introduced in WordPress 5.0. Install it now on sites and the UX remains the same as you are used to without redundant styling being added to the frontend of your site!
What’s New: 
Removes WP Patterns
This plugin simply disables the WP Block Editor, removes any and all styling from both front- and backend and disables the block editor for widgets too.
And if WooCommerce and/or WPML are installed on the site, “Classic Editor +” removes the block styles of those plugins too.
There are no Settings, it simply does what it says on the label.
Therefore I highly recommend installing this “Classic Editor +” plugin.
I support this plugin exclusively through <a href="https://github.com/senlin/classic-editor-addon/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>. Therefore, if you have any questions, need help and/or want to make a feature request, please open an issue here. You can also browse through open and closed issues to find what you are looking for and perhaps even help others.
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
If you like the “Classic Editor +” plugin, please consider leaving a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/classic-editor-addon?rate=5#postform" rel="ugc">review</a>. Thanks!
“Classic Editor +” by <a href="https://so-wp.com/plugin/classic-editor-addon" rel="nofollow ugc">Pieter Bos</a> and <a href="https://gschoppe.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Greg Schoppe</a>.

Classic Editor +

The "Classic Editor +" plugin disables the block editor, removes enqueued scripts/styles and brings back classic Widgets.

Excerpt Check vs Classic Editor +