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24
Jun
2009

v1.0.0 – Return a whole sentence with Get Better Excerpt

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= Return a whole sentence =
If you would like to return whole sentences rather than words, you can control the number of sentences to return:
get_better_excerpt(’sentence=1′);

I’ve upgraded my Get Better Excerpt plugin this morning to include a cool new feature, now you can retrieve a complete sentence instead of a series of words for your WordPress excerpts.

To return a single sentence:

get_better_excerpt(’sentence=1′);

For two sentences:

get_better_excerpt(’sentence=2′);

Of course, you can also combine this with other options:

get_better_excerpt(’sentence=2&link=true’);

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11
Jun
2009

WordPress Plugin Updates for WordPress 2.8

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This morning saw the release of WordPress 2.8 which fixed a significant number of small issues with the platform but also required an extensive review of all the plugins I have released over the past few months as a result, all 13 of my existing plugins have received an update this morning to ensure compatibility with the new release.

As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

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06
Jun
2009

Get Better Excerpt Plugin for WordPress

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The Get Better Excerpt plugin works almost identical to the built in get_the_excerpt() and the_excerpt() functions except it returns whole words instead of cutting off the excerpt as the existing function does.

The plugin allows you to display the excerpt or read it to a variable, select the number of words to return and choose if you want the plugin to skip the built in excerpt and read from the content instead.

As with all my plugins, this is the code I use here on this is my url to return excerpts throughout the website. You’re free to download it.

Frequently Asked Questions

= How do I display the results? =
Insert the following code into your WordPress theme files: 
= General results =
ithout passing any parameters, the plugin will return ten results or fewer depending on how many posts you have.
 get_better_excerpt();
= Altering the before and after values =
By default the plugin wraps your code in list item (<li>) tags but you can specify how to format the results using the following code:
 get_better_excerpt(‘before=<p>&after=</p>’);
= Adding a Link = 
If you’d like to link to the post (remember it’s not live yet) you can do so by calling:
 get_better_excerpt(‘link=true’); 
= How many words? = 
You can specify the number of words returned using the option:
 get_better_excerpt(‘words=20′); 
 
 = Skip the excerpt? = 
If you would like to load the content directly, skipping the entered excerpt:
 get_better_excerpt(’skipexcerpt=true’); 
 = Include a trailing character? = 
By default the plugin includes a … after the excerpt, you can remove it or change it by altering:
 get_better_excerpt(‘trail=’); 
= Echo vs. Return =
Finally, if you’d like to copy the results into a variable you can return the results as follows:
 get_better_excerpt(’show=false’); 

 

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