MB Text Limiter

Text Limiter is an extension for Meta Box plugin which allows you to limit number of characters or words entered for text, textarea and WYSIWYG fields.

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Usage

To start using text limiter, just add the following parameters to text, textarea or wysiwyg fields:

'limit'      => 20, // Number of characters or words
'limit_type' => 'character', // Limit by 'character' or 'word'. Optional. Default is 'character'

Plugin Links

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• Documentation
• Github repo
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You need to install Meta Box plugin first

• Go to Plugins | Add New and search for Meta Box
• Click Install Now button to install the plugin
• After installing, click Activate Plugin to activate the plugin

Install Meta Box Text Limiter extension

• Go to Plugins | Add New and search for Meta Box Text Limiter
• Click Install Now button to install the plugin
• After installing, click Activate Plugin to activate the plugin

To start using text limiter, just add the following parameters to text or textarea fields:

'limit'      => 20, // Number of characters or words
'limit_type' => 'character', // Limit by 'character' or 'word'. Optional. Default is 'character'

1.2.6 – 2025-04-01

• Fix not working for 2 inputs

1.2.5 – 2025-02-04

• Improve style for input group
• Fix output twice for wysiwyg

= 1.2.4 – 2024-11-19
Fix WYSIWYG output raw value without HTML tags

= 1.2.3 – 2024-11-01
Fix cannot update posts

1.2.2 – 2024-10-07

• Rename to MB Text Limiter
• Fix issues with Plugin Check (PCP)

1.2.1 – 2024-09-12

• Do not count HTML tags

1.2.0 – 2024-03-14

• Add support for WYSIWYG field
• Update the style

1.1.3 – 2021-04-24

• Fix notice “Trying to access array offset” (by checking field value if field not found).

1.1.2 – 2021-01-27

• Fix input references which breaks the functionality.

1.1.0

• Changed: Rewrite the JavaScript, making it work for cloneable groups.

1.0.4

• Changed: Allow the plugin to be included in themes/plugins.

1.0.3

• Fix: Multi-bytes characters are cut from the frontend.

1.0.2

• Fix: Warning in helper function if using limit by character.

1.0.1

• Improvement: Added front-end text-limiting functionality

1.0.0

• First release