Excerpt Column in the Posts List
Adds an Excerpt column to the Posts screen showing the start of each manual excerpt, and a clear "missing" label where none was written, so editors can fill the gaps.
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Code
// Post types that get the column.
$wpide_excerpt_column_types = array( 'post' );
foreach ( $wpide_excerpt_column_types as $wpide_type ) {
add_filter( "manage_{$wpide_type}_posts_columns", function ( $columns ) {
$columns['wpide_excerpt'] = 'Excerpt';
return $columns;
} );
add_action( "manage_{$wpide_type}_posts_custom_column", function ( $column, $post_id ) {
if ( 'wpide_excerpt' !== $column ) {
return;
}
$excerpt = trim( (string) get_post_field( 'post_excerpt', $post_id, 'raw' ) );
echo '' === $excerpt
? '<span style="color:#b32d2e">missing</span>'
: esc_html( wp_trim_words( $excerpt, 14 ) );
}, 10, 2 );
}Notes
Add more post types to $wpide_excerpt_column_types if they support excerpts.
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