Title: Post excerpt length
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Post excerpt length

 *  [rdranson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdranson/)
 * (@rdranson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-length-1/)
 * Hi there
 * Seems that my site has lost the default setting that limits the length of post
   excerpts shown on my posts page. I’d like my post previews to only be about 40
   words in length. Can you advise me on how to achieve this? [](http://fivephusion.com)
 * Cheers
 * Alex

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 *  Thread Starter [rdranson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdranson/)
 * (@rdranson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-length-1/#post-6590534)
 * [My site](http://fivephusion.com)
 *  [Denzel Chia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denzel_chia/)
 * (@denzel_chia)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-length-1/#post-6590568)
 * Hi,
 * It will not work, if you enter a crafted excerpt.
    It only works for automatic
   generated excerpt.
 * Thanks!

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