Excerpt

As a web developer, an excerpt refers to a short summary or a brief extract of a longer piece of content, such as a blog post or an article. It is usually displayed on the homepage or archive pages of a website to give readers a glimpse of what the content is about. The excerpt is typically a few sentences long and is designed to entice readers to click through to the full article. In WordPress, for example, the excerpt is a built-in feature that allows website owners to manually create a summary of their content or automatically generate one based on the first few sentences of the post. The use of excerpts can improve the user experience by making it easier for visitors to quickly scan and find the content they are interested in.