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EnglishTeacherEric
EnglishTeacherEric

Reputation: 259

Limit excerpt length within <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

Forgive this noobie question, but I have searched extensively through prior answers. Is it possible to limit the length of an excerpt within the_excerpt()? That is, can you limit the length of output without using external PHP?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1868

Answers (1)

Hareesh Sivasubramanian
Hareesh Sivasubramanian

Reputation: 1260

As mentioned in the WordPress codex, the excerpt_length filter should be used to limit the excerpt length.

Insert the following code in your active theme's functions.php file.

function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
    return 20;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );

While this method involves handling PHP code, there are also plugins in the WP directory that implement this out of the box.

Upvotes: 2

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