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Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress

by theMikeD · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.1.2 Tested up to WP 6.9.7 PHP 7.0+

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 7,375 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 15, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
7,375
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.7, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • they avoid things like sentences being cut off in the mid…
  • they allow you create an actual summary and not just the first x words from the post content
  • they allow you to do better SEO targeting
  • they look better

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress reviews and ratings

1 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

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5.0 out of 5

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  • Does exactly what it says

    Neat little plugin. IMO, excerpts are very important in some cases and the excerpt field should definitely be mandatory. On the top of that, I placed the field right after the title, so it can be found better by the users, and everything looks and works really great, thanks!

    ajvo

Details

Causes the excerpt to be required before a post can be published. Supports both editor types (classic and block aka gutenberg).

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • excerpt

More from theMikeD

Version
1.1.2
Last updated
Dec 15, 2025
First published
Jan 15, 2020
Requires WordPress
4.4.0
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress FAQ

What does Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress offers they avoid things like sentences being cut off in the mid, they allow you create an actual summary and not just the first x words from the post content, they allow you to do better SEO targeting and they look better.

How many active installs does Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress as of September 7, 2026.

Is Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on December 15, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Is Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress free?

Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.