2.7 – Is there a Post abbreviation Plugin that works?

I’m not familiar with those plugins but if you’re simply wanting to show snippets of your post on the front page you don’t need a plugin. Use the template tag the_excerpt() instead of the_content()

Additionally, WordPress by default will limit excerpts to 55 characters when using the_excerpt(). You can change that by adding this to your theme’s functions.php file,

/* custom trim excerpt lenghts */
remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_trim_excerpt');

function custom_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed
global $post;
if ( '' == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content('');
$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
$text = strip_tags($text);
$excerpt_length = X;
$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
array_pop($words);
array_push($words, '...');
$text = implode(' ', $words);
}
}
return $text;
}

Just adjust the line $excerpt_length = X; to whatever you want.

Evermore has just been updated – the problem should now be fixed.

Yes, look great now.

The problem we are using such plugin is because we don’t want to mess up. @bennettmcelwee, great if this plugin also includes some functions like strip out images and video, too.