WordPress Custom exerpts with excerpt_length and excerpt_more
Limit excerpt length to 50 words
Put the following code in functions.php:
function themify_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 50;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'themify_custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
Use 999 as the priority to ensure that the function runs after the default WordPress filter, otherwise it would override what is set here.
Adding a Read More link at the end of the excerpt
To do this, put the following code in functions.php:
function custom_excerpt_more($more) {
return '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">Read More</a>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'custom_excerpt_more');
The results should look like this:
Adding a few dots at the end of the excerpt
In our functions.php
function new_excerpt_more( $more ) {
return '.....';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');
We should get this:
