Filters

There are several filters you can use to control and customize Mandatory Excerpts.

mandatory_excerpt_post_types

Allows you to set which post types this plugin will actually apply to. Used by Gutenberg and Classic Editor.

/**
 * Adjust the post types for which the excerpt would be required.
 *
 * @param array $this->reset_these_status {
 *     If the post has any of these post types, the post will be checked for a valid excerpt.
 *     Default is [ 'post', 'page' ]
 *     @type string   A valid post type
 * }
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
$valid_post_types = apply_filters( 'mandatory_excerpt_post_types', array( 'post', 'page' ) );

mandatory_excerpt_reset_these_status

If a post has any of these status’ and the excerpt is not set, the post status will be reset to ‘draft’. Used by Classic Editor only.

/**
 * After it has been determined that the excerpt is required but missing, if the post's status is one of these
 * then it will be reset to 'draft'.
 *
 * @param array $this->reset_these_status {
 *     If the post has any of these status' the post status will be reset to 'draft'.
 *     Default is [ 'publish', 'future', 'pending' ]
 *     @type string   A valid post status
 * }
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
$reset_these_status = apply_filters( 'mandatory_excerpt_reset_these_status', $this->reset_these_status );

mandatory_excerpt_skip_these_status

If a post has any of these status’ the check for the excerpt will be skipped. Used by Classic Editor only.

/**
 * Adjust the post status types that will will cause the check for the excerpt to be skipped.
 *
 * @param array $this->skip_these_status {
 *     If the post has any of these status' the check for the excerpt will be skipped.
 *     Default is [ 'trash', 'draft', 'auto-draft' ]
 *     @type string   A valid post status
 * }
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 */
$skip_these_status = apply_filters( 'mandatory_excerpt_skip_these_status', $this->skip_these_status );