Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#23159 closed enhancement (wontfix)
Add Words Counter In The Excerpt Metabox
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Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.5 |
Component: | Editor | Keywords: | needs-patch |
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Description
Hi WordPress Lovers :) , WordPress 3.6 fouces on "Content Editing" a small good idea is to add a words counter in the bottom of excerpt meta-box , and a small tip of the current theme max words count ..
Change History (13)
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12 years ago
- Component changed from Accessibility to Editor
- Type changed from feature request to enhancement
- Version changed from trunk to 3.5
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12 years ago
The excerpt length can be controlled by the theme (or plugin) using the excerpt_length
filter and WordPress will automatically trim the output of the_excerpt()
if the provided one is longer. I don't think it's a very good idea to limit the excerpt length in the post edit ui.
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12 years ago
Replying to kovshenin:
I don't think it's a very good idea to limit the excerpt length in the post edit ui.
Sure Thing , Many users of WordPress have a difficulty about the preferred excerpt length so my suggestion is to add a words counter ( like post content field ) and add a small tip shows the value of excerpt_length filter ..
the_excerpt() displays the full value of excerpt field if it is provided by the author , but if the excerpt field is empty , then it print a custom length ( excerpt_length filter value ) of the post content .
So my suggestion doesn't mean "limit the excerpt length in post edit UI" :)
Sorry , If my English isn't very good :(
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12 years ago
Replying to helen:
Not quite sure what you mean by the current theme max word count. This isn't something core implements, as far as I know.
As kovshenin explain , I meant the excerpt_length filter value .
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12 years ago
You're right, the_excerpt
is only trimmed when it's auto-generated from the content, and not when a custom excerpt has been provided. Quite a few themes that use the excerpt would rely on them to be 55 words or less, but most themes are okay with longer ones. Adding a tip that shows the excerpt length is limiting in the post edit ui. It's not a hard limit, but it's still a limit :)
If themes are afraid that users use custom excerpts which are longer than the defined excerpt length and if the theme design really relies on that, they could just use wp_trim_words
on whatever is returned from get_the_excerpt()
, whether it's an auto-generated or a custom one.
That said, I do feel a pain that when I'm writing a post, I can preview the post, but there's no way to see how it would look on the front page with the thumbnail and excerpt and everything, unless I privately publish it or something. But I guess that's a whole different problem :)
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12 years ago
Replying to kovshenin:
If themes are afraid that users use custom excerpts which are longer than the defined excerpt length and if the theme design really relies on that, they could just use
wp_trim_words
on whatever is returned fromget_the_excerpt()
, whether it's an auto-generated or a custom one.
Yes , many themes using such functions to limit the excerpt length , but this is not what I worry about , It's about how the user understand the theme functionality , Adding "Words Counter" , "Tips" ... etc help the user to use his theme on a powerful way ...
If you feel a confuse about adding the tip of the max words count , what about adding the words counter in the excerpt meta-box ?
That said, I do feel a pain that when I'm writing a post, I can preview the post, but there's no way to see how it would look on the front page with the thumbnail and excerpt and everything, unless I privately publish it or something. But I guess that's a whole different problem :)
You are right , Many users of WordPress have a problems of how the front-end displays their posts and pages ... etc , and this is the reason about why WordPress introduce a features like 'editor-styles' and 'post-thumbnail' ... etc
So I think if we can do something help to solve this problem it will be great :)
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12 years ago
I rather lean no on this, despite having built this exact feature out a few times. I'm just not sure it's a majority need; it's also interesting to note that I've implemented it and seen it implemented a variety of ways in the past as well. Also, I think we'd have to talk adding a theme support thing or something, because filters can be conditionally added and are not a reliable indicator as to a "hard" limit.
Not quite sure what you mean by the current theme max word count. This isn't something core implements, as far as I know.