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1. wishmaster22
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I am looking for a place in the admin section to adjust how long each post on the frontpage is. Is there a setting to limit the length and add a more more tag?

   thanks

2. Shane G
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   Please use this function to set the max number of post on home page..

   From ALl Categories:

   <?php
   $page_num = $paged;
   if ($pagenum='') $pagenum =1;
   query_posts('showposts=7&paged='.$page_num); ?>
                  	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                   endwhile;endif;
   ?>

   From Specific Categories:

   <?php
   $page_num = $paged;
   if ($pagenum='') $pagenum =1;
   query_posts('cat=1&showposts=7&paged='.$page_num); ?>
                  	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                   // WordPress loop
                   endwhile;endif;
   ?>

   use this code in index.php file of your there...

   Thanks,

   Shane G.

3. wishmaster22
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Thanks for that code, but I need to limit the size of the post, such as 350 characters and have a read more for the rest of it.

   can this be done?

4. Saurus
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   click the "more" tab in the html editor where you want to break the post. Using the "excerpt" tag in your php breaks a post at 55 characters. I know of no way to set it to break at another number autotmatically.

5. Natrepub
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Is there a way to do this without the "More" button? I have Contributors on my site and I would like to be able to automatically limit the size of the post on the home page.

   Thanks!

6. wishmaster22
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   There has to be a setting for this.

   Somebody please help us.

   Thanks

7. aptdesignonline
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hey guys,

   Here is a plugin that automatically limits the post lengths on the homepage:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-limit-posts-automatically/

   Hope that helps.

8. mathechr
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Maybe try using <?php the_excerpt(); ?> instead of <?php the_content(); ?> on the main page?

   If you don't enter text in the excerpt area, it will just use a chunk of the beginning of the post with a [...] at the end.

   Not sure if there's a way to configure the number of characters this uses, though.

9. renato_s
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   From the Codex:
   Control Excerpt Length using Filters

   By default, excerpt length is set to 55 words. To change excerpt length using excerpt_length filter, add the following code to functions.php file in your theme:
   

   function new_excerpt_length($length) {
   	return 20;
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt#Control_Excerpt_Length_using_Filters

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