Title: Remove Bracket Dot-Dot-Dot Bracket?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Remove Bracket Dot-Dot-Dot Bracket?

 *  Resolved [mhains](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhains/)
 * (@mhains)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-bracket-dot-dot-dot-bracket/)
 * When I use “the_excerpt()” for stories that don’t have an existing pre-written
   excerpt, each excerpt ends with […] — is there a way to change this?
 * Is there a way to get the excerpt to pull just the first sentence?
 * Thanks,
    Michael

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 *  [Xander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xander/)
 * (@xander)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-bracket-dot-dot-dot-bracket/#post-460771)
 * Try some plugins for dealing with excerpts – I believe there are a few for customization
   of output.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-bracket-dot-dot-dot-bracket/#post-460772)
 * Give this plugin a look: [http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the-excerpt-reloaded/](http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the-excerpt-reloaded/)
 *  Thread Starter [mhains](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhains/)
 * (@mhains)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-bracket-dot-dot-dot-bracket/#post-460893)
 * Thanks! This is basically what I’m looking for. Will give it a shot.

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 * Last reply from: [mhains](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhains/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-bracket-dot-dot-dot-bracket/#post-460893)
 * Status: resolved

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