mPress Custom Feed Excerpts
Customize your feed excerpts by simply using the <!--more--> tag in posts.
5(3 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, mPress Custom Feed Excerpts is a WordPress feed plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub).
5/53 reviews
100active installs
7.5K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
The mPress Custom Feed Excerpts plugin allows to you customize your WordPress feed excerpts by simply using the <!– more –> tag in WordPress.
Why?
Everyone who uses feeds in WordPress wants to be able to control what shows up for their readers. There is a fine line between an excerpt that is too short to capture interest and a full post that never brings your readers to your actual website. At the same time, WordPress strips out all the HTML on feed excerpts and none on full posts. Now, you can customize the feed excerpt on a post-by-post basis and maintain the HTML as seen by visitors on your site.
How?
Using this plugin is simple:
- Install the plugin
- Activate the plugin
- Go to ‘Reading’ under ‘Settings’ in the WordPress admin menu and make sure…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1
- Tested in WordPress version 4.8
- Simplified logic to rely more on WordPress core functions.
- Added a
mpress_custom_feed_excerpts_default_link_textfilter for easily customizing the default link text.
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