Title: Trim Widget Descriptions
Author: webdeveric
Published: <strong>January 22, 2014</strong>
Last modified: December 8, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Trim Widget Descriptions

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/trim-widget-descriptions.0.2.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/trim-widget-descriptions/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/trim-widget-descriptions/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/trim-widget-descriptions/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/trim-widget-descriptions/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/trim-widget-descriptions/)

## Description

This plugin allows you to shorten or hide the description under each widget on the
the widgets admin page.

## Installation

 1. Upload `trim-widget-descriptions` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to /wp-admin/widgets.php to change the description length.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Trim Widget Descriptions” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

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

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### Interested in development?

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or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/trim-widget-descriptions/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/trim-widget-descriptions/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.2.2

 * Updated ellipsis function.
 * Works in WP 4.2.0.

#### 0.2.1

 * Minor code clean up and verify compatibility with WordPress 3.8.1.

#### 0.2

 * Added deactivation hook.

#### 0.1

 * Initial build of plugin. Nothing fancy.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.2**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.0**
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[user interface](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-interface/)
   [widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/trim-widget-descriptions/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

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