ykawato

<p>Returns the excerpt outside the loop.<br />
Usage:</p>
<p>where <code>$attr</code> is an array with any of these keys:</p>
<ul>
<li>num_words: number of words </li>
<li>more: replacement for […]</li>
<li>length: number of letters to display, userful for multibyte string</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:<br />
    ’55’, ‘more’=>’.. Read more’));?></p>


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BettyJJ

<h4>Main features of the plugin:</h4>
<ol>
<li>It supports multi-byte language (such as Chinese). It will not produce gibberish as some other excerpt plugins do.</li>
<li>The html tags in the original posts, i.e., the font styles, colors, hyperlinks, pictures and such are preserved in the excerpt.</li>
<li>For better readability, it displays 300 characters for each post on the homepage and 150 characters for each post on archive pages.</li>
</ol>


WP-UTF8-Excerpt

This plugin generates a better excerpt for multi-byte language users (Chinese, for example). Besides, it keeps the html tags in the excerpt.

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