Title: Content not excerpting
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Content not excerpting

 *  Resolved [ColumbiaWebDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prfctgdess/)
 * (@prfctgdess)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-excerpting/)
 * Hi, love your plugin! I set it up on a client’s site ([http://latea-da.com/](http://latea-da.com/))
   with the shortcode on the homepage. But although I have the option “Use excerpts
   in testimonial display” checked on the Content display tab, it shows the entire
   testimonial in the rotator. Any ideas? Is there a shortcode variable (something
   like ‘excerpt=”yes”‘) I can add to force the excerpting on that page? Here is
   my page’s shortcode: `[katb_testimonial group="all" number="all" by="random" 
   id="" rotate="yes" layout="0" schema="default"]`
 * Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-basics/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-basics/)

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 *  Plugin Author [kevinhaig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinhaig/)
 * (@kevinhaig)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-excerpting/#post-5839960)
 * Hi ColumbiaWebDev
 * Sorry I’m late….I wish these support forums would send an email:(
 * What is your word cutoff in the excerpt?
 *  Thread Starter [ColumbiaWebDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prfctgdess/)
 * (@prfctgdess)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-excerpting/#post-5839961)
 * No worries. 🙂 I have played with various settings on that – I’m using the “Content
   Display” tab (instead of the “Widget Display”) since I’m showing it on a page
   via shortcode (although I played with both). Right now it is set at 160. I also
   tried leaving it at the default of 80, but nothing seems to make a difference.
   There are at least a couple of really long testimonials, so I know it should 
   be cutting some of them off. 😉
 *  Plugin Author [kevinhaig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinhaig/)
 * (@kevinhaig)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-excerpting/#post-5839962)
 * That’s why it is not working, set it to 20 and take a look 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [ColumbiaWebDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prfctgdess/)
 * (@prfctgdess)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-excerpting/#post-5839963)
 * Haha! You’re a genius! LOL
 * It would help if I’d actually READ the label (set length in WORDS) instead of
   just interpreting it my way (assumed it was characters). Thanks for the help,
   you rock. 🙂

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 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ColumbiaWebDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prfctgdess/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-excerpting/#post-5839963)
 * Status: resolved