Post and Page Excerpt Widgets

Creates widgets that display excerpts from posts or pages in the sidebar. You may use ‘more’ links and/or link the widget title to the post or page. Requires Page Excerpt or Excerpt Editor for page excerpts. Supports the_excerpt Reloaded and Advanced Excerpt.

Now on GitHub.

Installation Instructions

1. Upload the plugin directory to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Go to Design → Widgets to add widgets to your sidebar in widget-ready themes.

2.2

• Total refactoring and update.
• Internationalization.
• GitHub.

2.1

• Bug fixed: ‘more’ text not showing up in some cases
• Bug fixed: excerpt & ‘more’ link showing the wrong page when using more than one page widget
• Thanks to Lynne for pointing out bugs!

2.0

• Rewritten to use new widget API in WP 2.8
• Improved loop handling
• New per-widget controls for the_excerpt Reloaded options
• Built-in upgrading of widgets from the 1.x plugin

1. Upload the plugin directory to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Go to Design → Widgets to add widgets to your sidebar in widget-ready themes.