WordPress: Modify the Length of Post Excerpts

by truthbrother | Mar 2, 2023 | Wordpress | 0 comments

Unless otherwise indicated, the code snippets you see below should be placed into your theme’s functions.php file.

Below is the code to modify the length of the post excerpts:

//* Modify the length of post excerpts
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'sp_excerpt_length' );
function sp_excerpt_length( $length ) {
	return 50; // pull first 50 words
}

//* Modify the length of post excerpts

add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'sp_excerpt_length' );

function sp_excerpt_length( $length ) {

return 50; // pull first 50 words

}