DP Excerpt is a WordPress plugin, it can generate a better excerpt from content. Keep HTML markup in the excerpt(Optional) Keep Shortcode output in the excerpt(Optional). Cut off the excerpt to a given length using either character count or word count. Customize the excerpt length and the ellipsis character. Automatically add a “read more” link after your excerpt, linking to the full post. Can ignore <!--more--> tag was used before the summary of a specified length. Can ignore manual excerpt. The real excerpt length, HTML markup and shortcode output is not counted. TODO: Better description and usage.