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1. AkaMaDdiSk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi, I'm trying to use wp_get_archives to display a list of recent posts. I understand there is a "limit" parameter that you can use to set the maximum number of posts that it displays. However, is there a way to specify the number of words per post title? Basically I would like the list of recent post to be one line each. If the title of a recent posts is longer than, say, 6 words, then I would like for it to only show "..." in place of the remaining words in the title.

   How can this be done?

   Much thanks.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Maybe something like:
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/content-and-excerpt-word-limit/

3. AkaMaDdiSk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for this. But this seems to be only targetted for the_excerpt and the_content. I'm trying to limit words for the_title.

   Any other ideas?

4. AkaMaDdiSk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Does anyone have any ideas? I have a list of recent posts on my sidebar but instead of showing the whole title I'd like for it to show a limited number of characters:

   >> This is the first post that...
   >> Here comes the next post of...
   >> Another example post here to...

   Something like the above.

   Currently in my template I'm using this

   <?php wp_get_archives('title_li=&type=postbypost&limit=8'); ?>

   Any help would be appreciated.

5. AkaMaDdiSk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Anyone know this?

6. AkaMaDdiSk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Apologies for the bump....anyone?

7. AkaMaDdiSk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Any help please?

8. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I don't see how you can do this with wp_get_archives due to this template tag's output and because it is not a built in parameter.

   Although it would require knowing/learning some php, you may be able to do it with a second loop and using the_title() as a php variable with display set to false in php substr to limit the number of characters. There are ways to do so, but I haven't learned yet how to limit the number of words with php.

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