Title: Post excerpt options?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Post excerpt options?

 *  Resolved [fredhead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredhead/)
 * (@fredhead)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/)
 * Hi,
 * This is my third, final for now, quick question. I’ve searched WP and Google 
   to no avail:
 * Is there a plugin or template tag that’ll let me grab only the first n words 
   of a post for display on the home page?
 * I’ve imported hundreds of my posts from Moveable Type and going back 20 posts
   to create excerpts with the <!–more–> tag will be a bit of work. I’m looking 
   for a template tag that’ll just display a user-specified number of words in the
   post.
 * I see that the Revolution template includes a plug-in, apparently, that limits
   content. I could not find a plugin in the WP list, or through Google.
 * Any ideas, pointers, would be welcome. Thank you!

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 *  [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-936954)
 * you might find something here…
 * [http://robsnotebook.com/the-excerpt-reloaded](http://robsnotebook.com/the-excerpt-reloaded)
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-936961)
 * Plugins are the easiest. A second way is to stick this in your theme’s function.
   php file…
 *     ```
       remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
       add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_trim_excerpt');
   
       function custom_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed
       global $post;
       if ( '' == $text ) {
       $text = get_the_content('');
       $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
       $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
       $text = strip_tags($text);
       $excerpt_length = x;
       $words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
       if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
       array_pop($words);
       array_push($words, '...');
       $text = implode(' ', $words);
       }
       }
       return $text;
       }
       ```
   
 * A third option is to use the Excerpt box directly beneath the Write Post window.
   It will display whatever you type in the input field.
 *  Thread Starter [fredhead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredhead/)
 * (@fredhead)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-936966)
 * Thanks, Len! Any specific plugins to do this chore? Appreciate the code, at least.
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-936968)
 * Yes, ronchicago just posted a link to one such plugin. There maybe more in the
   Plugin Directory – I don’t know as I didn’t look.
 *  Thread Starter [fredhead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredhead/)
 * (@fredhead)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-936972)
 * Thanks again, Ron, Len, this post can be marked as resolved.
 *  Thread Starter [fredhead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredhead/)
 * (@fredhead)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-937157)
 * For people who might find this topic, there also appears to be another plugin,
   which I found through one of my clients’ install, called Limit Posts. The URL
   is here:
 * [http://labitacora.net/comunBlog/limit-post.phps](http://labitacora.net/comunBlog/limit-post.phps)
 * I find the Limit Posts plugin easier for my needs, but both it and the The Excerpt
   Reloaded plugins work fine.

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 * Last reply from: [fredhead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredhead/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-options/#post-937157)
 * Status: resolved

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