Change the default text and description of the excerpt box, add an excerpt box to pages and show a jQuery character counter and limiter.
As of April 2026, Excerpt Tools is a WordPress jquery plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Enable jQuery Migrate Helper.
A simple plugin to enhance your use of the_excerpt() function. Allows you to change the default title and description of the excerpt box, add an excerpt box to pages and show a customizable jQuery character counter with the ability to limit the amount of characters.
The jQuery character counter from Tom Deater provides a user friendly way to limit the amount of characters while writing.
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 5.5.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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