Who is Change Excerpt Length for?

Change Excerpt Length is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.

Is Change Excerpt Length free?

Yes — Change Excerpt Length is free to use.

What platforms does Change Excerpt Length run on?

Change Excerpt Length runs on the web.

Is Change Excerpt Length still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Change Excerpt Length?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Multiple Excerpt Lengths, Simply Excerpts, and Read More Excerpt Link.

Who develops Change Excerpt Length?

Change Excerpt Length is developed by Ashkar.

When did Change Excerpt Length launch?

Change Excerpt Length first shipped in 2015.

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Change Excerpt Length

Name: Change Excerpt Length
Author: Ashkar

wordpress.orgContent optimisation

Change Excerpt Length adds an excerpt-length setting to WordPress Reading Settings. Site owners can choose how many words the_excerpt() displays in post excerpts through the WordPress dashboard.

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Overview

4 features

Change Excerpt Length sits in PulseGate's Content optimisation category. It focuses on controlling the length of WordPress post excerpts without editing theme code. It is built as a B2B product for wordPress site owners. It is available for free. It runs on the web.

Ashkar builds and maintains Change Excerpt Length, and it first shipped in 2015. Key capabilities include excerpt length setting, reading settings control, and word count control. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Excerpt length setting
Reading settings control
Word count control
Dashboard configuration

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed2 Sept · 01:48 UTC
Change Excerpt Length verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Change Excerpt Length

What does Change Excerpt Length do?: Change Excerpt Length focuses on controlling the length of WordPress post excerpts without editing theme code. It is catalogued under Content optimisation on PulseGate.
Who is Change Excerpt Length for?: Change Excerpt Length is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.
Is Change Excerpt Length free?: Yes — Change Excerpt Length is free to use.
What platforms does Change Excerpt Length run on?: Change Excerpt Length runs on the web.
Is Change Excerpt Length still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Change Excerpt Length?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Multiple Excerpt Lengths, Simply Excerpts, and Read More Excerpt Link.Multiple Excerpt Lengths Simply Excerpts Read More Excerpt Link
Who develops Change Excerpt Length?: Change Excerpt Length is developed by Ashkar.
When did Change Excerpt Length launch?: Change Excerpt Length first shipped in 2015.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
First seen: 2 Sept 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site owners
Model: B2B
Solves: Controlling the length of WordPress post excerpts without editing theme code.

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WordPress.org: change-excerpt-length

Developer

Ashkar

Index record

Indexed: 2 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 2 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: change-excerpt-length-wordpress-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 2 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 2 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 2 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/change-excerpt-length

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