Title: excerpt size
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# excerpt size

 *  Resolved [lil j](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lil-j/)
 * (@lil-j)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-size/)
 * Can someone tell me where to change the excerpt size in the Latest News Section?
   I can’t find it anywhere. thanks

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 *  [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/)
 * (@hardeepasrani)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-size/#post-6094099)
 * Hi,
 * It’s really simple. You can do it by using the excerpt length([http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/excerpt_length](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/excerpt_length)),
   by adding the following code to the functions.php file of your child theme:
 *     ```
       function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
       	return 20;
       }
       add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
       ```
   
 * You can change 20 to anything. 🙂
 * Regards,
    Hardeep
 *  Thread Starter [lil j](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lil-j/)
 * (@lil-j)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-size/#post-6094141)
 * Thank you
 *  [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/)
 * (@hardeepasrani)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-size/#post-6094204)
 * You’re most welcome. Please consider leaving a review if you like the theme. 
   🙂
 * Regards,
    Hardeep

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 * Last reply from: [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-size/#post-6094204)
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