Title: Longer post limit
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Longer post limit

 *  Resolved [de3r7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/de3r7/)
 * (@de3r7)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/)
 * How could I make the preview of my post be longer? 😛

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061342)
 * One way to do it is to use the More tag in each post
 * A somewhat technical explanation:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More](http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More)
 * or a plugin
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpts-deluxe/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpts-deluxe/)
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/)
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpt-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpt-editor/)
 * You can also modify the code and choose a length longer than 55 words, but the
   above methods are usually sufficient for most uses
 *  Thread Starter [de3r7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/de3r7/)
 * (@de3r7)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061354)
 * is because a all ready have a plugin that came whit the template the plugin is
   called  post limit so i know that’s what is limiting my post but if i remove 
   it a get a message on the fist page of my website saying  FATAL ERROR so i guest
   i can’t remove it so really don’t know what to do I tried the more tag trick 
   but it didn’t work for me :S please help!
 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061360)
 * please post the EXACT error you see on your site when you remove the plugin –
   just disable it
 *  Thread Starter [de3r7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/de3r7/)
 * (@de3r7)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061361)
 * Fatal error: Call to undefined function the_content_limit() in /home/de3r7co/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/Simplism/home.php on line 77
 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061364)
 * go into your file home.php and around line 77 you should see the_content_limit
   in the middle of some code. post here about ten lines before and after that line
   of code.
 * Wrap it in code tags – highlight all that and then click the Code button above
   the editor
 *  Thread Starter [de3r7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/de3r7/)
 * (@de3r7)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061365)
 *     ```
       <?php } // end if statement
   
       // if there's not a thumbnail
   
       else { echo ''; } ?>
   
       </div>
   
       			<span class="titles"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title2('', '...', true, '23') ?></a></span>
       			<?php the_content_limit(300, ""); ?>
       <div class="readmore"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Read More</a></div>
   
       			</div>
   
       </div>
       <?php $ctr++; } ?>
       			<?php comments_template(); ?>
   
       			<?php endwhile; ?>
       <div style="clear: both;"></div>
       ```
   
 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061367)
 * The problem is that theme assumes the plugin is installed – it calls code in 
   the plugin, so if the plugin is not enabled the theme won’t run.
    This code below
   gets around that.
 * 1) If you want to keep access to that plugin available when it is installed, 
   change this line
    `<?php the_content_limit(300, ""); ?>` to this
 *     ```
       <?php if (function_exists('the_content_limit')) {
          the_content_limit(300, "");
       } else {
          the_excerpt();
       } ?>
       ```
   
 * if you want to get rid of that plugin altogether
    change this `<?php the_content_limit(
   300, ""); ?>` to this `<?php the_excerpt(); ?>`
 * depending on how your theme is set up, you may need to make that code change 
   in more than one template file.
    =========================== the_excerpt() will
   give you the default WP excerpt – 55 words, ellipse at the end, no read-more 
   link
 * if you put this code in your theme’s functions.php file it changes the_excerpt’s
   ellipse to a read more link
 *     ```
       function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
          return str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read more...</a>', $text); }
       add_filter('the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');
       ```
   
 * If you need an excerpt longer than 55 words, I think one or two of those plugins
   I mentioned earlier allows that.
 *  Thread Starter [de3r7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/de3r7/)
 * (@de3r7)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061371)
 * thanks a lot 😀

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 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/longer-post-limit/#post-1061371)
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