Title: [Plugin: Facebook] Feature Request &#8211; Use Excerpt
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Facebook] Feature Request – Use Excerpt

 *  [Wil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gravitationalfx/)
 * (@gravitationalfx)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-feature-request-use-excerpt/)
 * I would like to see an option to use only the excerpt text when posting to Facebook.
 * It would give better control over the text that is used along with the post.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/)

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 *  [Emily](https://wordpress.org/support/users/empom/)
 * (@empom)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-feature-request-use-excerpt/#post-2918513)
 * I agree. When I click on ‘Send’ the first X amount of characters from the body
   of the post appear instead.
 * Otherwise – this plug-in is doing a great job.

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 * Last reply from: [Emily](https://wordpress.org/support/users/empom/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-feature-request-use-excerpt/#post-2918513)
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