Type: Pro
Purpose: Automatically generates smart, descriptive post excerpts using AI — replacing generic auto-truncation with excerpts that are actually informative and compelling.
What It Does
WordPress generates post excerpts by simply truncating the beginning of the post content. The result is often an abrupt, context-free snippet. The AI Excerpts module replaces this with a purpose-written excerpt that accurately and enticingly describes what the article is about.
The generated excerpt is stored as the post’s official WordPress excerpt, making it available everywhere WordPress uses it — archive pages, search results, and any theme or plugin that calls the_excerpt().
How It Works
When a post is processed, Supercharger sends the full content to your AI provider and requests a concise, standalone excerpt. The result is written back to the post’s excerpt field in the database.
Settings
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Excerpt Length | Target length of the generated excerpt as a range (minimum–maximum words). Supercharger generates excerpts that fall within this range. | 25–35 words |
| Override Manual Excerpts | Replace manually written excerpts with AI-generated ones | Disabled |
Excerpt Length
The length setting is a range slider with a lower and upper bound. Supercharger instructs the AI to produce an excerpt within this range. The default range of 25–35 words produces excerpts long enough to be informative while fitting comfortably in most archive layouts.
Override Manual Excerpts
When this setting is disabled (the default), Supercharger only generates an excerpt if the post does not already have a manually written one. Your manually written excerpts are preserved.
When enabled, Supercharger replaces all excerpts, including manually written ones. Use this only if you want to standardize excerpts across your entire site.
Tips
- 25–35 words is the typical sweet spot for excerpts — long enough to be informative, short enough for archive layouts.
- Leave Override Manual Excerpts disabled if you have custom excerpts you want to preserve for specific posts.
- This module is complementary to SEO plugins. Most SEO plugins let you set a meta description separately. AI Excerpts targets the post excerpt field, which may also be used as a fallback meta description.