WP-UTF8-Excerpt
This plugin generates a better excerpt for multi-byte language users (Chinese, for example). Besides, it keeps the html tags in the excerpt.
5(2 reviews)
·800 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, WP-UTF8-Excerpt is a WordPress post plugin with 800 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 82K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
5/52 reviews
800active installs
82K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Main features of the plugin:
- It supports multi-byte language (such as Chinese). It will not produce gibberish as some other excerpt plugins do.
- The html tags in the original posts, i.e., the font styles, colors, hyperlinks, pictures and such are preserved in the excerpt.
- For better readability, it displays 300 characters for each post on the homepage and 150 characters for each post on archive pages.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.8.2 fix a bug caused by function excerpt_remove_blocks() undefined
0.8.1 support password protection; very short posts will also show the ‘read more’ link
0.8 support latest WP version; better performance; fix typos; give warning if the PHP mbstring library is not available
0.6.2 search result page is now treated as archive page
0.6.1 fix numerous compatibility issues after hooking the_content; now works with WP-Syntax!
0.6 support latest W…
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