Change Excerpt Size

[hanuman]

Hi,

 

I'm using the Sample Child Theme and would simply like to change the excerpt size from 5 lines of text to 7 lines to match the 150px thumbnail size on the category archive page.

In other words, how do I change the number of characters in the excerpt size?

I know of the Advanced Excerpt plugin, but is that the  best way to do it?

 

Cheers and TIA.

[Dan]

Hey hanuman,

This is the standard fix from the official code snippets (add to functions.php in the child theme)


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


I guess you'd have to play with the number of words to get it spot on.

Does that help?

[hanuman]

Hey Dan,

That is exactly what I needed!

Thank you kindly for your help, it's much appreciated.

 

Cheers!

 

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