Always Show Excerpts
On selected types of indexes, choose to always show the excerpts for a post instead of the full post content.
Maintenance 38/100268d since update
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0
Downloads
1,739
Reviews
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Age
6.2y
Tagsexcerptpost excerptPost Excerpts
Plugin info
Total downloads: 1,739
Active installs: 0
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/7/2025 (268 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/28/2019 (6 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: 8.3
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 268 days ago
38/100
Is Always Show Excerpts abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 268 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 8.3
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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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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