=== Excerpt Editor === Contributors: Andrew Ozz Donate link: Tags: excerpt,edit,page,post,seo Requires at least: 2.0 Tested up to: 2.2 Stable tag: trunk Quick edit or create excerpts for both posts and pages. == Description == Excerpt Editor provides a convenient place for creating and editing all of your excerpts. It can also add custom excerpts for pages (not possible without a plugin). This update contain two new features: auto-creating excerpts when publishing new Posts and Pages and displaying customisable excerpts from the content for posts without an excerpt. These excerpts are used in the RSS feed and also can be displayed on the Home or Archive pages (depending on the Theme). Currently the interface is only in English, but the excerpts can be in any language supported by WordPress. = Changelog = Version 0.3.2 * Fixed: when editing Pages, WordPress would delete the custom excerpts. * New option: if *Read More* link is used, it can contain comments count. * New option: display the *Excerpt* box when writing/editing Pages. Version 0.3.1 * Fixed: properly append the "Read More" link when auto-generating excerpts. * Now using nonce fields when deleting or saving excerpts. * The code is organized in a class for better compatibility. * A few other small bugfixes and cosmetic changes. Version 0.2: * Fixed: properly remove *script*, *[CDATA* and html comments when auto-creating excerpts. * Other small bugfixes and cosmetic changes. * New: Auto-create excerpts when publishing new Posts and Pages (WordPress 2.1+ only). * New: Use the *More* tag to create the excerpts. * New: When displaying posts without an excerpt on the *Home* or *Archive* pages (depending on your theme), or sending RSS feeds, auto-generate the excerpt from the content either using the *More* tag or from the first 55, 70, 100, 130 words. Optionally keeping the HTML tags (WordPress 2.1+ only). == Installation == Standard WordPress quick and easy installation. 1. Download. 2. Unzip. 3. Upload to the plugins folder. 4. Log in WordPress and activate the plugin. 5. Go to "Manage - Excerpt Editor" to use it. = Upgrading = 1. Log in WordPress and deactivate the plugin. 2. Upload (ftp) the new version to the plugins directory, overwriting the old one. 3. Activate the plugin and go to "Manage - Excerpt Editor" to set your preferences and to use it. = Advanced settings = When auto-creating excerpts from the content, you can choose to keep some tags. WordPress will close any open tags, but may put the closing tag in the wrong place. Also pages with only links (a sitemap, for example) will have to be edited by hand, as each link is counted as only one word, so the excerpt will contain 40-50 links. If you are using the excerpts as META descriptions, disable all tags. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Does this plugin work on WordPress version... = Excerpt Editor has been tested on WordPress 2.0.10, 2.1.3 and 2.2 = I have ... plugin installed that uses the excerpt, will there be any conflicts/incompatibilities? = No conflicts/incompatibilities have been reported so far. = How do I use the excerpts and how do I display excerpts for Pages? = The use/display of excerpts depends on your theme. For example on a standard installation of WordPress, if you want to show excerpts for the 10 latest posts on your Home Page, look in the code of your *index.php* and replace *the_content()* with *the_excerpt()*. The excerpts are also used in your RSS feed. [More Information](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt). The next version (currently beta) of the plugin will contain a template tag that can be used to display the excerpts (both custom and auto-generated) in a variety of ways and on different pages. If you want to test it, please download from the home page. = Other questions? Screenshots? = Please visit the home page for [Excerpt Editor](http://www.laptoptips.ca/projects/wordpress-excerpt-editor/). == Usage == **Editing:** That should be pretty straightforward. Log in WordPress and go to "Manage - Excerpt Editor". The excerpts are shown in the large text area. If no excerpt exists for the current Post/Page, the first few sentences from the content are loaded, ready for editing. Posts can be selected from a drop-down list, also there are buttons: "Delete", "Reload from the content", "Next", and of course "Save and get the next". **Editor Options:** Excerpts can be selected by month, by type (Post or Page) and by date. The length can be determined by the "More" tag or by drop-down list - 55, 70, 100, 130 words. There is an option to retain some of the HTML tags when loading excerpts from the content. However when the excerpts are used for META descriptions, they should be text only. **Display and RSS Options:** The Excerpt Editor has an option to replace the standard 55 words, plain text auto-excerpt that is created by WordPress when needed for Posts without excerpts. The replacement can be customised in length, can contain HTML tags and optional "Read More" link at the end. That link has css class of "read-more" and the text can be changed.