Name: Children Excerpt Shortcode

Use the [children-excerpt] shortcode where you want to display the excerpts of the child pages.
Defaults to the first 50 words, can be overridden with length attribute so your excerpts can be set to any length of your choosing.

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Plugin Page: http://mywebsiteadvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/children-excerpt-shortcode/

Video Tutorial: http://mywebsiteadvisor.com/learning/video-tutorials/children-shortcode-plugins-tutorial/

Requirements:

To-do:

1. Upload ‘children-excerpt/’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. use the [children-excerpt] shortcode where you want to display the excerpts of the child pages.

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1. 

   example use of the plugin shortcode.

2. 

   example output of the plugin shortcode.

1.3

• updated code to only show items with a post_status of publish
• added order and order by arguments to the shortcode.
• verified compatibility with WP version 3.8.1

1.2

• added id attribute to shortcode so you can display an excerpt index on any page or post not just on the actual parent

1.1

• Minor Bug Fix

1.0

• Initial release