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1. TootsieRoll
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I am using a loop to display posts from one specific category (10) displaying the post's thumbnail, it's title, and an excerpt from it.
   I am using the manual excerpt outside of the loop, and it works, except I would like to set a max amount of words so that each post preview looks the same.

   I can't figure out how to set a word limit on the manual excerpt since it's outside of The Loop.

   Thanks for your help!

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2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 5 months ago #

   you might get some ideas from this article http://www.transformationpowertools.com/wordpress/automatically-shorten-manual-excerpt

   (check how much the original code of 'wp_trim_excerpt()' has changed since I posted that article, in /wp-includes/formatting.php from line 1879, and adjust the code accordingly)

3. jhkb
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks for the link to your article, looks good, but is there anyway to show an auto-generated excerpt (then shortened) on the homepage?

   I also added a similar comment to your article, but thought someone here might also know if it's possible.

   Thanks
   Jess

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