A couple people have asked about adding post excerpts to their WordPress sites. We have discovered a nifty Recent Posts Extended widget with more functionality than comes out of the box with WordPress. You can see the widget in action on the sidebar of this (IT) site. There are a handful of configurable options, including defining length of excerpts and displaying thumbnails of featured images. Interestingly, you can also embed the listing on a page: https://library.osu.edu/site/it/test-recent-posts-on-a-page/ (not yet styled).
If you would like this widget enabled on your site, please send a request to: https://go.osu.edu/hub
