Title: Shorter excerpts
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shorter excerpts

 *  Resolved [Ireilas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ireilas/)
 * (@ireilas)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shorter-excerpts/)
 * Hey,
    first of all thanks for the great theme!
 * I need shorter excerpts for latest posts, etc.
    Before I ruin something in the
   files, since I can not find the place, I prefer to ask for. Is it possible to
   change the length of the excerpts? If so, where?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Theme Author [Mohammad Taqui Sayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayedwp/)
 * (@sayedwp)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shorter-excerpts/#post-4335609)
 * I have added that option in the next version which should be available soon however
   if you are in hurry , you can do it now. Paste this in your functions.php file
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'Ireilas_custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
       function Ireilas_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
       	return 20;
       }
       ```
   
 * 20 is the number you would like to change. That’s number of Words.
 *  Thread Starter [Ireilas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ireilas/)
 * (@ireilas)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shorter-excerpts/#post-4335635)
 * Wow, thanks for the quick reply!
    It’s great that the option will appear in the
   next version. Then I’ll remove the new code again.
 *  [anu.healthykitchen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anuhealthykitchen/)
 * (@anuhealthykitchen)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shorter-excerpts/#post-4335806)
 * is your next version released?? I would also like change the excerpt length and
   not comfortable much to use code.

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 * Last reply from: [anu.healthykitchen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anuhealthykitchen/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shorter-excerpts/#post-4335806)
 * Status: resolved