jQuery HTML Truncator

By Henrik Nyh, forked and extended by Rendered Text. See the blog post and source on GitHub.

Example 1

Text!

Föö & bar baz!

Giant baby head.

Example 2: with a class added to the link

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Example 3: Handling HTML entities

&amp; <b>old</b> foo bar.

Example 4: Handling tables

Hello!

FooBar
LaurenIpsum

Example 5: Strip HTML in preview

Hello emphasized!

Subtitle

FooBar
LaurenIpsum

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Example 6: Don't display "less" link