Set character limit in the query_posts function?

  • Darren

    (@cutout)


    19 years, 1 month ago

    On the front page of my site, I’m pulling in the latest blog post like this:

    <?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>

    I only want to pull in the first 100 words, though. Is there a parameter for this?

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  • Andrew Ozz

    (@azaozz)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    You can display the first 100 words, but I think you’ll have to get the whole post + meta + comment count, etc. (if you want to use them).

    Thread Starter Darren

    (@cutout)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    How do I set the parameter for number of characters?

    Andrew Ozz

    (@azaozz)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    Try using “the_excerpt()” instead of “the_content()” in the loop.

    Thread Starter Darren

    (@cutout)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    Excellent! Thanks for the suggestion. I’m pulling in the excerpt, but WP is automatically wrapping it in a paragraph tag. Any way around this?

    Andrew Ozz

    (@azaozz)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    Easiest is in the css:
    “reference to the container” p {margin:0;padding:0;}

    Thread Starter Darren

    (@cutout)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    Unfortunately, the excerpt bit occurs within a <span>. Putting a block element (p) inside the span breaks validation regardless of the padding or margins. Any way to hack into the WP core files and delete the paragraph tag altogether?

    Andrew Ozz

    (@azaozz)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    There’s a plugin, disable wpautop (or similar). May break something else…

    Thread Starter Darren

    (@cutout)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve actually got that plugin. I’ve turned it on and off, but no dice.

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