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else the_excerpt(); // this covers Advanced Excerpt as well as the built-in one
endwhile; // end custom Loop
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23 Responses to “Post and Page Excerpt Widgets”

1. Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/29 says:

   July 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm

   [...] Post and Page Excerpt Widgets [...]
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3. 12 New Plugins Set On 07/30 | Webabout.org says:

   July 31, 2008 at 10:26 am

   [...] Post and Page Excerpt Widgets [...]
4. Leonaut.com says:

   August 10, 2008 at 6:49 pm

   Post and Page Excerpt Widgets…

   Creates widgets that display excerpts from posts or pages in the sidebar. You may use
5. Umesh says:

   May 5, 2009 at 5:03 am

   Thanks for the plugin. It can be very usefull. But somehow it shows the excerpt and below full post. What can I do with that?
6. ElShaddai Edwards says:

   July 9, 2009 at 7:35 am

   Thanks for the plugin! I need to include a page excerpt on a custom landing page and am wondering if there is a php function I can call instead of using the widget interface? I’m using Excerpt Editor to generate the page excerpt.
7. Stephanie says:

   July 9, 2009 at 9:54 am

   You’d use the_excerpt as usual, but you need to be inside a loop for the appropriate post/page ID, and in most cases that will mean adding a second loop to the template. I’ve edited the page to include the code that prints the title and excerpt inside a custom loop for both posts and pages.
8. ElShaddai Edwards says:

   July 22, 2009 at 2:55 pm

   Is there any way for this plug-in to display the N most recent excerpts rather than a specific ID?

   I need to be able to display excerpts of the last 2 or 3 blog posts on a static page template (not single post or index), either by widget or code, and have not been able to find a way to do this.
9. Stephanie says:

   July 22, 2009 at 3:28 pm

   This plugin doesn’t do that, but I have the code that does and will release it as a plugin later this week.
10. ElShaddai Edwards says:

    July 23, 2009 at 7:58 am

    Thanks for the reply – I found a serviceable solution for the time being, but will look forward to yours as well!
11. Stephanie says:

    July 24, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    OK, it’s not on WordPress Extend yet, but here it is:

    http://sillybean.net/code/wordpress/recent-posts-with-excerpts/
12. baby blog says:

    August 7, 2009 at 8:46 am

    hey, good plugin. The page excerpt is not working properly on my blog (wp v2.8.3). The more.. link is not showing. It shows [..] instead and with no link to the page.
    • Stephanie says:

      August 7, 2009 at 11:06 am

      Have you upgraded to the latest version of the plugin? I fixed one problem with the more links. If you have, do you have any plugins (like the_excerpt reloaded, or advanced excerpt) that affect the excerpts?
13. Lynne says:

    August 9, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    I am having the same problem as baby blog…more link not working.
    I have the most current Verizon of the plugin from wp extend…and am using wp v2.8.3.
    I have no other plugins that might affect excerpts. The more link was working fine before upgrade.
14. Lynne says:

    August 9, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    just a heads up…based on firebug..it is not inserting the link…
15. Lynne says:

    August 10, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Is anyone else having issues with the link to title and the more links since upgrading to wp v2.8.3?

    My more link did not work…so I thought I would just link the title…but they don’t go to the right pages…
16. Stephanie says:

    August 10, 2009 at 11:29 am

    Lynne, can you post a link? I’d like to take a look at what’s going on.
17. Stephanie says:

    August 10, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    Version 2.1 is out now and should solve the problems Lynne and baby blog reported. Huge thanks to Lynne for helping me test this release!
18. bluantinoo says:

    January 21, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    Really useful plug in, especially in seo/sem cases when you need to optimize landing pages.

    I would like to show a thumbnail (that in my case is the post meta “thumb”) with the excerpt.

    Have you got an idea how to do that?
19. Stephanie says:

    January 21, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    bluantinoo, I’m planning to implement (optional) thumbnails using the new built-in the_post_thumbnail feature. It’ll be in a new version soonish.
20. Thomas says:

    July 31, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    I was wondering, (a) did you get around implementing the thumbnail thingie, and (b) do you happen to know, if your plugin will throw tantrums in versions >2.8 ?

    Thanks, Thomas
21. Masahiko Sunami says:

    August 13, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    How do I make it so that on the page that the widget is hidden when you are on the actual page that the widget is pulling the excerpt from?
22. roman says:

    September 18, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    Hi!

    Is there a way to add CSS Styles to the excerpt text?

    Thanks!