Title: shortcode for post excerpt
Last modified: December 30, 2022

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# shortcode for post excerpt

 *  Resolved [tibikha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibikha/)
 * (@tibikha)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-post-excerpt-2/)
 * Hello!
 * So i am using mailpoet to send email notifications whenever a new “article” is
   posted i have them set up more like alerts. so it’s just the most recent article
   that was published that is sent.
 * I manage to get the title of it to use as subject with the help of this shortcode:[
   newsletter:post_title] but i also need to put the post excerpt in the subject
   of the email. it is one to 3 words max, but i can’t find any shortcodes for that.
 * is there any way to retrieve the except with a shortcode or by creating a custom
   one ?
 * Thank you

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 *  Plugin Support [Dani F. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielinhou/)
 * (@danielinhou)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-post-excerpt-2/#post-16339337)
 * Hi there [@tibikha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibikha/) 👋🏽</img>!
 * Thank you for reaching out to MailPoet Support!
 * > is there any way to retrieve the except with a shortcode or by creating a custom
   > one ?
 * There is. You can actually use the Automatic Latest Content Widget to retrieve
   the article and select the options so that it just shows the Title and the Excerpt.
 * Here you can find more info about it: [https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/329-automatic-latest-content-widget](https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/329-automatic-latest-content-widget)
 * Cheers!
 *  Thread Starter [tibikha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibikha/)
 * (@tibikha)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-post-excerpt-2/#post-16370557)
 * Hello, Thank you very much for the response.
 * I am well aware about the widget and i am using it as well. but i want to add
   it in the subject of the email next to the title.
 * ALERT : [newsletter:post_title] – “Excerpt”
 * my Excerpt is only 2 words long and it contains the location
 * is that possible ?
 *  [slash1andy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slash1andy/)
 * (@slash1andy)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-post-excerpt-2/#post-16390538)
 * Hey again [@tibikha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibikha/) !
 * This is not something that’s possible by default, no.
 * This would require some customization via PHP on your end.
 *  Plugin Support [Kel C. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellymetal/)
 * (@kellymetal)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-post-excerpt-2/#post-16468650)
 * Hi there [@tibikha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibikha/),
 * In addition to the above, we have a guide for creating a custom shortcode available
   below. The custom shortcode can be used in the subject line of the emails, as
   you mentioned you want to do:
   [https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/160-create-a-custom-shortcode](https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/160-create-a-custom-shortcode)
 * I hope this helps! If you need assistance with custom code, we recommend reaching
   out to someone from Codeable: [https://codeable.io](https://codeable.io)

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