Excerpt Check

Never publish without an excerpt.

Publish and schedule interception

Catches missing excerpts before a post goes live, in both the Classic Editor and Block Editor

Two configurable modes

Remind mode lets authors publish anyway. Require mode enforces an excerpt before saving.

Classic Editor and Block Editor

Full support for both editors with a modal prompt that surfaces before the post is saved

Settings on the Writing page

Configure behavior under Settings > Writing with no extra admin pages

Custom post type support

Works with any post type that has excerpt support enabled

Requires WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Lightweight with zero front-end impact.

Download on WordPress.org