Summaries only in the RSS feed

Your RSS feed shows a short summary of each post instead of the whole text, so readers visit the site to read on.

Type PHP
Runs Everywhere (runs as WordPress loads)
Category RSS feeds
Tested with WordPress 7.1

PHP

<?php

add_filter( 'pre_option_rss_use_excerpt', static fn() => 1 );

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RSS feeds: Control what your RSS feed shows, and when.

Install it in one click

It's already in the Snipfire plugin's library. Enter your site's address and it opens there, ready to install. It arrives switched off, and Snipfire checks the code and test-loads your site before you switch it on.

Needs Snipfire on that site and you logged in as an administrator. Your address stays in this browser; we don't see it. Get Snipfire free

Or add it by hand

Click + New and choose PHP.
Paste the code and give it a name.
Where: Everywhere (runs as WordPress loads).
Save and switch it on.

Works in any snippet plugin, or a child theme's functions.php. Without the safety net, though.

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Move your snippets over this afternoon.