Title: excerpt_size not working
Last modified: May 22, 2021

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# excerpt_size not working

 *  Resolved [girlswithguns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlswithguns/)
 * (@girlswithguns)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt_size-not-working/)
 * My film reviews start with a rating, e.g. “Rating: B+”. On my page, I want to
   display the rating, but when I enable the excerpt:
 * `[catlist tags="hammer" orderby=date order=asc numberposts=50 offset=50 excerpt
   =yes excerpt_size=2]`
 * It displays “Rating: D+ Dir: …” That seems like three words. 🙂 If I set it to
   a size of “1”, it just displays “Rating” as I’d expect.
 * [Note, on my sample page, you need to scroll down to the third block to see the
   excerpt enabled version]
 * Also, is there way to suppress the new line before the excert and also the …?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexcerpt_size-not-working%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [zymeth25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zymeth25/)
 * (@zymeth25)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt_size-not-working/#post-14575984)
 * It is a bad idea to use excerpt for this. It is much better to store your rating
   in a custom field and then do something like `customfield_display=rating customfield_display_name
   =no`. More information in [https://github.com/picandocodigo/List-Category-Posts/wiki/More-parameters-you-can-use](http://the docs).

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