Excerpt settings ignored by Query Loop blocks
The excerpt plugin has no effect on Query Loop, Recent Posts and similar block lists, so the settings do not apply there.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 8 November 2023 · last reported 11 December 2025
What's going wrong
Owners who build home pages and archives with block-based lists report that the plugin has no effect on Query Loop blocks, Recent Posts blocks, or lists from other block plugins.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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