Change the_excerpt Length and Ending
Using WordPress – there are some times when you want to use the_excerpt but you do not want to show the default 55 words and/or show the […] after those 55 words.
Change the Length
Instead of only showing the default 55 words where you want to change it to something longer or shorter. To change this – just add/modify this in your functions.php file:
1 2 3 4 | add_filter('excerpt_length', 'sdac_excerpt_length');function sdac_excerpt_length( $length ) { return 75;} |
In that code example – I am setting the length to be 75 words.
Change the Ending
Instead of showing the default […] after the excerpt – you can omit that or change it. To change this – just add/modify this in your functions.php file:
1 2 3 4 5 | add_filter('excerpt_more', 'jappler_excerpt_more');function jappler_excerpt_more( $more ) { global $post; return '... <a>ID ).'">Read More »</a>';} |
In that example – I added a read more which links to the post permalink. (This filter is available with WordPress 2.9+)
Hopefully these examples will help a little bit the next time you want to use the excerpt but wished it was easy to change the output.