Excerpts for WordPress Pages

WordPress lets you create excerpts for Posts, but not for Pages. Generally, that makes good sense. If you need excerpts for pages, though, it’s pretty simple to add.

function my_init() {
  add_post_type_support('page', array('excerpt'));
}
add_action('init', 'my_init');

That’s all there is to it. Works with WordPress 3.0+.

Update 2010-10-01: Hey, look, I made it into a plugin.

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  6. Hi!

    I am using the widget, showing excerpt from pages in a sidebar. Works great, but I really want a “read more” after the text excerpt. Is this possible?

    Hallvard.

  7. After upgrading to WP3.1 I couldn’t find the excerpt field in the page and I thought the plugin was broken. It is fine … you just have to click on screen options – top right of your page and then tick the box for excerpt.

    Hope this helps someone else find the solution.

  8. This is a site under development. I’m using the plug-in in 3.1.1 (first column). I agree with poster above about needing to have a read more link. ALSO, when I choose to have no title display with in the widget, I have a huge gap where the title would go. Is there a way to eliminate that gap? Thanks.

  9. The plugin doesnt appear to work with WP 3.2.1 – i’ve installed and activated yet see no area new to add excerpt content. Have cleared my cache, logged out + back in again and checked the “screen options” dropdown menu for clues but nothing helps.

  13. I would like to choose a set amount of words rather than charactors so that the cut-off doesn’t chop a word in the middle. Is there a way to do this?

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