Title: Baer Block-Aware Excerpts
Author: anthonybaer
Published: <strong>August 27, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 27, 2026

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# Baer Block-Aware Excerpts

 By [anthonybaer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anthonybaer/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/baer-block-aware-excerpts.0.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/baer-block-aware-excerpts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/baer-block-aware-excerpts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/baer-block-aware-excerpts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/baer-block-aware-excerpts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/baer-block-aware-excerpts/)

## Description

Choose a word or visible-character limit, suffix, applicable public post types, 
and whether manual excerpts always win. Baer Block-Aware Excerpts removes blocks,
shortcodes and markup before truncation and works through WordPress’s normal excerpt
API.

Character limits preserve Unicode grapheme clusters, so combined emoji and accented
characters are not split in the middle. The plugin does not contact external services
or collect telemetry.

### Safety and warranty

Baer Block-Aware Excerpts changes rendered excerpt output but does not modify stored
post content. Test archive layouts, feeds, REST consumers, and SEO integrations 
before production use. The plugin is provided without warranty to the extent permitted
by applicable law. Nothing in this notice excludes liability that cannot legally
be excluded.

## Screenshots

[⌊Excerpt length, unit, suffix, post type, and manual-excerpt settings in WordPress.⌉⌊
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Excerpt length, unit, suffix, post type, and manual-excerpt settings in WordPress.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin directory or install the release ZIP.
 2. Activate Baer Block-Aware Excerpts.
 3. Open Settings > Baer Block-Aware Excerpts and select the desired rules.

## FAQ

### Are manual excerpts overwritten?

Not when “Always preserve manually written excerpts” is enabled.

### Does this change stored post content?

No. Excerpts are generated at display time through WordPress’s excerpt API.

### What is removed before truncation?

Block comments, shortcodes and HTML markup are removed and whitespace is normalized.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Baer Block-Aware Excerpts” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ anthonybaer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anthonybaer/)

[Translate “Baer Block-Aware Excerpts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/baer-block-aware-excerpts)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/baer-block-aware-excerpts/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/baer-block-aware-excerpts/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/baer-block-aware-excerpts/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/baer-block-aware-excerpts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release with word and grapheme-aware character limits, post type selection
   and manual excerpt preservation.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.0**
 *  Last updated **1 week ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [blocks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocks/)[content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/)
   [excerpts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excerpts/)[query loop](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/query-loop/)
   [rest-api](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/baer-block-aware-excerpts/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ anthonybaer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anthonybaer/)

## Support

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