---
title: "Form Excerpts"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/software/give/form-excerpts/"
description: "The Excerpt is an optional summary or description of a donation form; in short, a summary as to why the user should donate to your cause. GiveWP leverages WordP…"
vertical: "Software"
area: "Give"
date: "2015-04-28"
last_modified: "2026-08-18"
---

# Form Excerpts

The Excerpt is an optional summary or description of a donation form; in short, a summary as to why the user should donate to your cause. GiveWP leverages WordPress’ Core feature, called [excerpts](https://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt), which typically are used to describe a post.

![give-form-excerpt](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/give-form-excerpt.png)## Potential Use Cases for the Excerpt

Theme authors and developers can take advantage of the excerpt field within their layouts and designs. Here are a few potential use case:

1. A Donation “Central” Page – Similar to a WooCommerce “Shop” page, the central donation page would include a layout of the featured image, form title, and the form excerpt.
2. A custom RSS feed for your donation forms
3. Display more description in search results
4. … and [lots more](https://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt).

### Where Does the Excerpt Appear?

By default, GiveWP does not output the excerpt on its own. However, your theme may in various places use it depending on how it has been developed. In the future, we may add more integrations for the excerpt within GiveWP core.

### Disable the Form Excerpt Field

You may not have any use case for the form excerpt field and don’t want to see it in the admin interface. No problem! You can safely ignore it or disable it under **Give > Settings > Display Options > Post Types > Forms Excerpts:**

![Back end of the GiveWP plugin Settings page, section to disable the form excerpt](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/disable-form-excerts.png)Disable the From Excerpt feature by selecting it in the GiveWP Settings## Change the Length of the Excerpt

Because GiveWP uses the WordPress excerpt, to change the length of it you will need to change the WordPress excerpt itself. Here are two options to allow you to change the excerpt length:

### 1. Advanced Excerpt Plugin

[![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-1024x475-1.png)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-excerpt/)The Advanced Excerpt plugin allows you to have very fine-tuned control over your excerpts.

### 2. Change the WordPress Excerpt Length with Custom Code

You can also change the WordPress excerpt length with custom code. Here is a sample code snippet:

If you need assistance implementing custom code on your website, refer to our [documentation on that](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/give/adding-custom-functions-to-your-wordpress-website/).