An excerpt creation plugin for Expression Engine 3 & 4 🎉

This is a rebuild of the hacksaw plugin and bbd_chopper - compatible with EE 3 & 4.

It allows you to create small excerpts of any html content with ease.

It can strip HTML content, append something (like ...) to the end, and let you cutoff by words, characters or a cutoff point.

Installation

• Download as a zip.
• Unzip to a folder, such as excerpt.
• Move folder to system/user/addons or your setup's equivilent.
• Install via control panel.

Usage

To use Excerpt, just wrap your content with the {exp:excerpt} tag:

{exp:excerpt}
<h1>Some</h1> Amazing
<strong>Content!</strong>
{exp:excerpt}

Which will be turned into Some Amazing Content!.

To use the other options, the following parameters are supported:

{exp:excerpt
    chars = "" // Limit number of characters
    words = "" // Limit number of words
    cutoff = "" // Cutoff at a given string
    append = "" // Add something to the end (eg. append="...")
    allow = "" // Allow certain HTML tags (eg. allow="<p>")
}

License

MIT - Copyright (c) 2018 Adam Kelly