Title: Simply Excerpts Author: A. Jones Published: November 14, 2015 Last modified: February 22, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/simply-excerpts.svg) # Simply Excerpts By [A. Jones](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nomadcoder/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simply-excerpts.zip) * [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-excerpts/#description) * [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-excerpts/#reviews) * [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-excerpts/#installation) * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-excerpts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/) ## Description Version 1.7 Donations for extended support are appreciated but are never required! For quicker support, please visit our website www.shooflysolutions.com Please be kind and rate this plugin. Everything helps! This plugin is a very simple plugin the allows you to change the number of words that are displayed in excerpts and to replace the elipsis with text. The settings for this plugin can be found on the Settings Menu in the Admin Panel. Check the box for the option you wish to manage and enter the value. There are two options: “Maximum number of words to display in an excerpt” and “Read More Text”. You should not use this plugin with other plugins that modify excerpts. ### Arbitrary section Need more? Customization is available. Contact sales@shooflysolutions.com for more information. ## Screenshots * [[ * Settings ## Installation Download the Plugin How to install this plugin Method 1: Install this plugin using the built-in plugin installer: Go to Plugins > Add New. Under Search, type “Simple Excerpt” Click Install Now. A popup window will ask you to confirm your wish to install the Plugin. Click Proceed to continue with the installation. The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install. If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer for further actions. Method 2: Download the plugin. In the WordPress admin panel, click on Plugins. Select Add New to get to the “Install Plugins” page. Click on browse and choose the downloaded file. Click on the “Install Now” button to install the plugin. Once the plugin is installed, select “Activate Plugin”. Method 3: (Advanced Users): Unzip the file. Using FTP, upload the thumbnailgrid folder to the contents/plugins folder in your wordpress directory. ## FAQ Please visit the FAQ page on our site at [http://www.shooflysolutions.com/faq/](http://www.shooflysolutions.com/faq/) – ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e7c3f5c3c512fc688850df92fd3d3628cfab32d8da43bffb9d2a48d6fe787722? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Work great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/work-great-144/)󠁿 [limsocheat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/limsocheat/) February 23, 2022 Work really great, try many plugins, but this plugin works very well. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e7f16fdc1fb2657798a24bbc6f288c23494c9042c336af35e794115f4e258ae5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It does the simple and perfect job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-the-simple-and-perfect-job/)󠁿 [leandrowfx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leandrowfx/) September 3, 2016 It’s just works so well.. thanks! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simply Excerpts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ A. Jones ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nomadcoder/) [Translate “Simply Excerpts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simply-excerpts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-excerpts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simply-excerpts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simply-excerpts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simply-excerpts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.7 Fix typo #### 1.6 Requested sanitation update!! #### 1.5 Add option to limit length to characters instead of words = update version information* 1.4 #### update version information / test with 5.7 minor fix to filter * 1.3 = update version information / tested with evolve theme* =1.2 * Update version information * =1.1 * Add recommended script check and escape output, fix tested till, correct donation link * =1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.7** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **500+** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-excerpts/) * Tags * [excerpts](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excerpts/)[Read more](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/read-more/) [word count](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/word-count/) * [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-excerpts/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-excerpts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ A. 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