Posts Tagged ‘Excerpts’

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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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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06
Oct
2008

My Favorite WordPress plugins

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Without a doubt, this is one of those topics that WordPress developers love to share, but for me it’s about more than simply spouting out a list of popular WordPress plugins, I really do love using these plugins because they make my life easier.

Akismet

This goes without saying, Matt Mullenweg did a brilliant job on this plugin and it’s become a staple that every WordPress blog should use. Link to Akismet

Frame Buster

This is a great plugin by Denis de Bernardy which basically stops sites like about.com from loading your content into their frames and keeping their banner at the top. Link to Frame Buster

Lightbox

A simple plugin both to install and to use, the Lightbox plugin by Peppe Argento uses Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar to display image zooms on your site. Light Box

WordPress Mobile Edition

Alex King did a great job on this little plugin that makes your website more compatible with mobile devices. Mobile Edition

Thumbnail For Excerpts

For years I struggled with how to quickly add images to my excerpts but Radu Capan introduced a fantastic plugin that searches your posts and finds the first image. Thumbnails for Excerpts

Text Replace

Last but not least, I can’t say enough great things about Scott Reilly’s text replace plugin for WordPress. It searches your posts and replaces text with strings, so each time a specific phrase appears (such as WordPress) it automatically creates the hyperlinks for me. Text Replace

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