This plugin allows the user to place a widget with an excerpt of a page in any sidebar. Dropdown menu for page, amount of characters adjustable.
As of April 2026, Page Excerpt Widget is a WordPress page plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
I have created a little WordPress plugin in the shape of a widget, which allows the user to display an excerpt of a page in a sidebar area of their choice.
I wrote this to replace a little theme hack I did for a client, where the front page was supposed to have an excerpt of a page on the front page, of course linking to the full page. Instead of keeping it that way and hard coding the page-id, I wanted something where the end user could change which page was supposed to be linked. I hope it will be of use to someone.
Right now you can:
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
2015-1-15
updated tested until
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