Modify the Length of Post Excerpts

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

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

<?php
//* Do NOT include the opening php tag shown above. Copy the code shown below.
 
//* Modify the length of post excerpts
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'sp_excerpt_length' );
function sp_excerpt_length( $length ) {
	return 50; // pull first 50 words
}
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