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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Making posts longer in LEVII theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/)
 * (@effingpot)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/#post-9149910)
 * OK sounds fine – sorry to ask but how do I do that?
    thanks Mike
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Making posts longer in LEVII theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/)
 * (@effingpot)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/#post-9149733)
 * OK making some progress now – I realise I had to add that whole piece of code,
   which I did and all worked with the 20 per the example. I changed the 20 to 2000
   and for text entries I now get more text – but the formatting is lost. (See the
   ACHTUNG entry).
 * For the entries which include a video – like the first one or two, the video 
   is still hidden behind the SEE MORE. I suppose this is only allowing more TEXT
   when what I am trying to do is not shorten it at all, or shorten by physical 
   length, whatever the content.
    Maybe this excerpt route is the wrong way? thanks
   Mike
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Making posts longer in LEVII theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/)
 * (@effingpot)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/#post-9149706)
 * Haha – so it looks like you find the post-template.php file and edit it – so 
   far so good!
    From the link you sent it looked like I could change the 55 example
   to 200 like this – I added the bold stuff. But got an error, so I put it back
   how it was as I clearly have no clue what I’m doing and could be danger to [http://www.friday-fun.com/wordpress](http://www.friday-fun.com/wordpress)
   where I am building it.
 *     ```
       function the_excerpt() {
       	/**
       	 * Filters the displayed post excerpt.
       	 *
       	 * @since 0.71
       	 *
       	 * @see get_the_excerpt()
       	 *
       	 * @param string $post_excerpt The post excerpt.
       	 */
       	<strong>function wpdocs_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
           	return 200;</strong>
       	echo apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', get_the_excerpt() );
       }
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Making posts longer in LEVII theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/)
 * (@effingpot)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-posts-longer-in-levii-theme/#post-9149668)
 * Jose – thanks didn’t know that was there.
    Steve – I’m afraid reading that is
   leaving me knowing what I don’t know 🙂 I’ll go through it a few times but I’m
   not sure I understand it :-{ Rgds Mike
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moved WP and lost access](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-wp-and-lost-access/)
 *  Thread Starter [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/)
 * (@effingpot)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-wp-and-lost-access/#post-9012006)
 * Yep – thank you – this is quite easy really – just getting used to it.
    thanks
   again rgds Mike
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moved WP and lost access](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-wp-and-lost-access/)
 *  Thread Starter [effingpot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effingpot/)
 * (@effingpot)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-wp-and-lost-access/#post-9011972)
 * Thank you – adding “www” to the lines you suggested and inserting them all worked
   fine. Needed the www for some reason.
 * One other quickie, the video I used to get to grips with all this says the social
   icons are acessible via Appeareance -> Themes -> Theme Options but in this release
   they are not there and I can’t find them anywhere 🙂
 * any idea hwo I find them and add them?
    thanks Mike

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