Comments on: Snippet: WordPress – Customise the Excerpt Length and More string

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:40:44 +0000

I’ve just updated this post to add that the default length of the excerpt is 55 words :)

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:33:20 +0000

Thanks, it’s always good to know that my content has been useful :)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:34:02 +0000

I’ve been searching everywhere for how to customize my WordPress excerpts, thanks for sharing!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:41:17 +0000

@ErisDS @Rob
I’ve got an adjustment on the ‘more’ text, not the length though, perhaps using substr_replace() after the trim?

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function feed_more( $text ) {
$text = str_replace('[...]', '', $text);
$text = trim( $text );
return $text = 'ABC'; // where ABC is what you want, template tags work!
}
add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'feed_more');

By: ErisDS

ErisDS — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:34:07 +0000

@mike You’re welcome, not sure how I stumbled across it now.

@rob I’m not sure about the rss feed. I would have thought these filters worked the same. There is a filter called the_excerpt_rss which may have something to do with it though!

By: Rob Mason

Rob Mason — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:04:34 +0000

Been meaning to figure this out for a while, but this saves me the effort. Good work old girl. One quick question though: how do you do the same but for the RSS feed?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:23:34 +0000

Nice technique. I’ve never adjusted the excerpt using filters before, the code I do use is so ugly in comparison. I obviously missed the length and more hooks brought in 2.8|2.9 that make excerpt messing so much easier. Thanks for the pointer will have to make use of this in my sites spring clean. :)