Advanced Excerpt

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1. ★★★★★ pipspeak

   10mo ago

   It looked promising, feature wise, but is not working on WordPress 6.8.3 running Twenty Twenty-Five theme — has no effect on the default Excerpt block and no other custom excerpt block seems to have been created by the plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ ibiza69

   1.2y ago

   Is this plugin still being maintained by its developers? It hasn’t been updated in a year? What version of PHP does it support? I’d also like to ask if there’s support, given that we’ve read many questions here and none have been answered. For this reason, if not, we should inform WordPress that this plugin is no longer being maintained or serving its users, so they can remove it from the repository.

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3. ★★★★★ pundarikaksa

   1.2y ago

   It’s a real pity… 🙁

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4. ★★★★★ eoik

   1.4y ago

   Hi, I’m using it with twenty twenty-one and wp latest version, and it’s working almost totally fine.The Read-more link is not showing where there is an excerpt.And it is sometimes not well aligned (aligned on the left border of the screen), when i’m using columns (after a div styled with : wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex ) This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by eoik.

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5. ★★★★★ nealumphred

   1.7y ago

   Love love love this plugin! It really makes the excerpts for each article on my blog’s old-fashioned home page look fantastic. Keep on keepin’ on!

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6. ★★★★★ ncw0123

   2.1y ago

   Potentially a fantastic addition but unfortunately this does not appear to strip the tags in WP 6.6.1 so still unable to show links in excerpts (unless I’m missing something)

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7. ★★★★★ broncom

   3.4y ago

   Just not work, I tried other standard themes and it does not work in them either. New WP installation, no other modules or changes.Please help!

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8. ★★★★★ BraveThunders

   3.8y ago

   Works like a charm WP 6.1

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.4.1 Fix – PHP 8 issue with “creation of dynamic property” being deprecated 4.4.1
2. — Version 4.4.0 New – Option to generate an excerpt from the manually created excerpt (instead of showing full manual excerpt) 4.4.0
3. — Version 4.3.9 New – Option to enable adding the “read more link” for custom excerpts as well 4.3.9
4. — Version 4.3.8 New – Multilanguage compatibility for the “read more” text. The shortcode [advanced_excerpt_text] is used. Example [advanced_excerpt_text lang=”en_US”]English[/advanced_excerpt_text][advanced_excerpt_text lang=”de_DE”]Ge 4.3.8
5. — Version 4.3.7 New – Option to link the whole excerpt to the single post page Fix – Issue with “sentence finish” when there is a number with decimal points Fix – Updated POT file for translations 4.3.7
6. — Version 4.3.6 Fix – Issue with undefined index PHP notice 4.3.6

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Advanced Excerpt <= 4.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-08-06 CVE-2026-13701 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.4 Patched in 4.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2

Translated into 79 languages, 10 at 90% or more

Plus 55 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-06 70K+ → 80K+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-08-04 80K+ → 70K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-08-03 70K+ → 80K+ up after 42 days in tier
4. 2026-06-22 80K+ → 70K+ down after 744 days in tier
5. 2024-06-08 90K+ → 80K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-06-07 80K+ → 90K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-06-06 90K+ → 80K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-06-05 80K+ → 90K+ up after 1 days in tier

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Advanced Excerpt: 80K+ active installs, 4.3★ (101 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-excerpt