Title: Post and Page Excerpt Widgets
Author: Stephanie Leary
Published: <strong>July 27, 2008</strong>
Last modified: April 22, 2016

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# Post and Page Excerpt Widgets

 By [Stephanie Leary](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sillybean/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets.2.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/#installation)
 * [Development](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/)

## Description

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](http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/page-excerpt/)
or [Excerpt Editor](http://www.laptoptips.ca/projects/wordpress-excerpt-editor/)
for page excerpts. Supports [the_excerpt Reloaded](http://robsnotebook.com/the-excerpt-reloaded/)
and [Advanced Excerpt](http://sparepencil.com/code/advanced-excerpt/).

Now on [GitHub](https://github.com/sillybean/Post-and-Page-Excerpt-Widgets).

## Screenshots

[⌊The widget manager, with the extra options available when used in conjunction 
with the_excerpt Reloaded.⌉⌊The widget manager, with the extra options available
when used in conjunction with the_excerpt Reloaded.⌉[

The widget manager, with the extra options available when used in conjunction with
the_excerpt Reloaded.

## Installation

 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.

## FAQ

  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.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Post and Page Excerpt Widgets” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Stephanie Leary ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sillybean/)

[Translate “Post and Page Excerpt Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2

 * Total refactoring and update.
 * Internationalization.
 * [GitHub](https://github.com/sillybean/Post-and-Page-Excerpt-Widgets).

#### 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

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **70+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.5.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/)
 * Tags
 * [excerpts](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excerpts/)[widgets](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Stephanie Leary ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sillybean/)

## Support

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