diff --git a/gallery_dl/text.py b/gallery_dl/text.py
index c1dde949..68f75b30 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/text.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/text.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2015-2022 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2015-2025 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ def rextract(txt, begin, end, pos=-1):
         return None, pos
 
 
+def rextr(txt, begin, end, pos=None, default=""):
+    """Stripped-down version of 'rextract()'"""
+    try:
+        first = txt.rindex(begin, None, pos) + len(begin)
+        return txt[first:txt.index(end, first)]
+    except Exception:
+        return default
+
+
 def extract_all(txt, rules, pos=0, values=None):
     """Calls extract for each rule and returns the result in a dict"""
     if values is None:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index e543a31a..396169ea 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2016-2023 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2016-2025 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.29.7"
+__version__ = "1.30.0-dev"
 __variant__ = None
diff --git a/test/test_text.py b/test/test_text.py
index d42507cc..c10c0733 100644
--- a/test/test_text.py
+++ b/test/test_text.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2015-2022 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2015-2025 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -241,6 +241,29 @@ class TestText(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(f(txt  , value, ">")  , (None, -1))
             self.assertEqual(f(txt  , "<"  , value), (None, -1))
 
+    def test_rextr(self, f=text.rextr):
+        txt = "<a><b>"
+        self.assertEqual(f(txt, "<", ">"), "b")
+        self.assertEqual(f(txt, "X", ">"), "")
+        self.assertEqual(f(txt, "<", "X"), "")
+
+        # 'pos' argument
+        for i in range(10, 3, -1):
+            self.assertEqual(f(txt, "<", ">", i), "b")
+        for i in range(3, 0, -1):
+            self.assertEqual(f(txt, "<", ">", i), "a")
+
+        # 'default' argument
+        self.assertEqual(f(txt, "[", "]", -1, "none"), "none")
+        self.assertEqual(f(txt, "[", "]", None, "none"), "none")
+        self.assertEqual(f(txt, "[", "]", default="none"), "none")
+
+        # invalid arguments
+        for value in INVALID:
+            self.assertEqual(f(value, "<"  , ">")  , "")
+            self.assertEqual(f(txt  , value, ">")  , "")
+            self.assertEqual(f(txt  , "<"  , value), "")
+
     def test_extract_all(self, f=text.extract_all):
         txt = "[c][b][a]: xyz! [d][e"