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.

pipdig

<p>Redirect all 404 missing links to the homepage using a 301 redirect. This means all broken links will still count towards your site’s SEO ranking.</p>
<p>We designed this plugin to be <strong>very lightweight</strong>. There are no options or settings (or annoying banner ads trying to sell SEO services). Simply activate the plugin and you’re done! It will redirect 404s silently in the background without slowing down your website.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works with any theme.</li>
<li>Works on any host.</li>
<li>Super lightweight + fast.</li>
<li>No logs (GDPR compliant).</li>
<li>Helps with SEO.</li>
<li><strong>100% free</strong> with nothing locked behind a “pro” version.</li>
</ul>
<p>This free plugin is brought to you by <a href="https://www.pipdig.co" rel="nofollow ugc">pipdig</a></p>


Redirect 404 to Homepage

Redirect 404 missing pages to the homepage using SEO 301 redirection. Super lightweight!

WP-UTF8-Excerpt vs Redirect 404 to Homepage