Page Excerpt Widget
This plugin allows the user to place a widget with an excerpt of a page in any sidebar. Dropdown menu for page, amount of characters adjustable.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 6
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 15 Jan 2015
- Added
- Jul 2012
- Requires WP
- 2.8
- Tested up to
- WP 4.1.42
- Downloads
- 12,869
Our analysis
AI-assistedPage Excerpt Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display an excerpt of a selected page in a sidebar. You can define the character length of the excerpt, choose which page to display, and link to that page. The plugin is designed for users who want to showcase specific content without hard coding page IDs.
The widget can be added multiple times, allowing for flexibility in displaying different excerpts. It is suitable for users looking to enhance their site's sidebar with relevant content links.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress users who want to display excerpts from pages in their sidebar.
What it does well
- ✓Allows display of page excerpts in sidebar areas
- ✓Customisable character length for excerpts
- ✓Links the title and includes a 'read more' link
- ✓Supports multiple instances of the widget
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in January 2015
- •Tested only up to WordPress version 4.1.42
- •Limited information on future updates or features
Verdict
Page Excerpt Widget offers a straightforward solution for displaying page excerpts, but its age and limited updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
JonathanMH's own description of Page Excerpt Widget, lightly tidied.
I have created a little WordPress plugin in the shape of a widget, which allows the user to display an excerpt of a page in a sidebar area of their choice.
I wrote this to replace a little theme hack I did for a client, where the front page was supposed to have an excerpt of a page on the front page, of course linking to the full page. Instead of keeping it that way and hard coding the page-id, I wanted something where the end user could change which page was supposed to be linked. I hope it will be of use to someone.
Right now you can:
- Define the amount of characters to use as an excerpt
- Select the page from all existing pages
- Link the title of the page, to the page
- Append a link to the page
- Decide a custom label for the read more link
- add multiple instances of the widget
I plan to increase the functionality with:
- some internationalisation
Suggestions welcome
Since this is my first plugin and widget, suggestions, improvements and more are very welcome. I’ve also published the code on github, for easier discussion and improvement. https://github.com/JonathanMH/page-excerpt-widget