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1. staceyk18
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   I am customising a magazine style theme for WordPress, which displays the first 55 words for the post on the homepage.

   How do I reduce the wordcount of this to display a shorter amount of content in this area?

   Thanks!
   Stace

2. Roy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   With an excerpt plugin (see extend section) you can often set the number of words yourself. I think it can also be done in some WP file, but I don't know which one.

3. ericjeckert
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   you can change it manually in wp-includes, formatting.php on line 853.

   http://itscalledwebdesign.com/2008/10/06/change-excerpt-length-in-wp/

4. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   If you use a plugin like http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the_excerpt-reloaded/ you don't need to change core files.

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