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DP Excerpt is a WordPress plugin, it can generate a better excerpt from content.

1. Keep HTML markup in the excerpt(Optional)
2. Keep Shortcode output in the excerpt(Optional).
3. Cut off the excerpt to a given length using either character count or word count.
4. Customize the excerpt length and the ellipsis character.
5. Automatically add a "read more" link after your excerpt, linking to the full post.
6. Can ignore <!--more--> tag was used before the summary of a specified length.
7. Can ignore manual excerpt.
8. The real excerpt length, HTML markup and shortcode output is not counted.

TODO: Better description and usage.