Excerpt Check is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Tom McFarlin.
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Excerpt Check is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Tom McFarlin — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How Excerpt Check works
Excerpt Check prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a post. When no excerpt is present, a modal appears giving the author the choice to add one or proceed without it. This works seamlessly in both the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
Features:
Intercepts publish and schedule actions when no excerpt is present
Full support for the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg)
Modal prompt that surfaces before the post is saved
Two configurable modes: Remind (allow publishing anyway) or Require (must add an excerpt)
Settings integrated into the existing Settings > Writing page
Works with any post type that has excerpt support enabled
Lightweight with zero impact on front-end performance
Why use excerpts?
WordPress can auto-generate excerpts by truncating post content, but the results are often incomplete sentences, leftover shortcodes, or broken HTML. Custom excerpts give you full control over how your posts appear in archive pages, search results, RSS feeds, and SEO meta descriptions.
Use Cases:
Content teams that enforce editorial standards requiring excerpts on all posts
SEO-focused publishers who rely on custom excerpts for meta descriptions
Multi-author blogs where editors want to ensure consistent content quality
Any site where auto-generated excerpts are not desirable
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Excerpt Check?
Excerpt Check is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Tom McFarlin.