Title: Modify the excerpt
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Modify the excerpt

 *  Resolved [ciupy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciupy/)
 * (@ciupy)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/)
 * Hi, how can i chage in the front page to be shown more excerpt? i read in wordpress
   documentation that the excerpt show 55 words, but the theme shows only about 
   20 words.
 * I want to bw shown more 🙂
 * Thanks

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 *  [sulaphen_mani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sulaphen_mani/)
 * (@sulaphen_mani)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/#post-3457874)
 * function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
    return 20; } add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’,‘
   custom_excerpt_length’, 999 );
 * i think this will help you
 *  [sulaphen_mani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sulaphen_mani/)
 * (@sulaphen_mani)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/#post-3457876)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-excerpt-length?replies=20](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-excerpt-length?replies=20)
 * this will help you very much….
 *  Theme Author [alex27](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex27/)
 * (@alex27)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/#post-3457912)
 * If you plan on making any changes to the theme, do it via child theme. Otherwise
   you’ll loose everything when you update theme.
 *  Thread Starter [ciupy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciupy/)
 * (@ciupy)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/#post-3457936)
 * Thank You sulaphen_mani! I look into the functions file and i see that the length
   was to 20. i modify to 50 and it worked!
 * Thank you Alex for advice. I dont know how to make a child theme, but i will 
   be careful when i will update the theme 🙂
 * Have a nice day both of you!
 *  [sulaphen_mani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sulaphen_mani/)
 * (@sulaphen_mani)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/#post-3458026)
 * thank you buddy . same to you. keep in mind that alex told do it in your child
   themes.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-the-excerpt/#post-3458026)
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