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SmartTrim is a plugin for Movable Type 4 that aims to provide a smarter trimming global modifier than words or trim_to.

The stock MT global modifier words cuts at a certain number of words without any control on the resulting length, it will also remove all HTML tags. trim_to cuts to a specific length but can cut a string in the middle of a word and can also output invalid HTML in the form of unclosed tags.

SmartTrim:

• trims a string to a target character length without cutting words
• will close any unclosed tags if the source contains HTML
• can append an optional ending string like an ellipsis to the result