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1. nadine00
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   I've been trying to change the excerpt on some articles based on a page, so for example the home page has 60 words, a sub section has 20 words. I know i'm doing something wrong here, but i'm not sure what. I'm not a programmer, and it shows. lol. But yeah, any suggestions would be welcome. :)

   <?php function new_excerpt_length($length) {
   
   	if (is_page ('whoscoming')) {
   	$length = 20;
   	}else {
   	$length = 60;
   	}
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');
   
   ?>

   Thanks!

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   you are missing one line

   <?php function new_excerpt_length($length) {
   
   	if (is_page ('whoscoming')) {
   	$length = 20;
   	}else {
   	$length = 60;
   	}
   ADD-->  return $length;
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length'); ?>

   return tells the function to send the calculated length back to the line of code that executed the function

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