Add excerpts to WordPress Pages

By default, wordpress allows you to add custom post excerpts. You can easily add a piece of code in your theme functions.php file to extend this functionality to pages.

Controlling excerpts would help you to increase the post/page SEO score. Keep in mind that this is really important!

You will have to add the code below in your theme functions.php file.

function add_excerpt_to_pages() 
{
     add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
}
add_action('init', 'add_excerpt_to_pages');

Once you saved the file, go to your existing/new pages and hit refresh.

From the top of the screen click Screen Options and enable the Excerpt checkbox.

You will now be able to add Page excerpts.