monteraearl

you can add this code to your functions.php
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function wpdocs_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
// number of characters to be displayed
return 20;
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘wpdocs_custom_excerpt_length’, 999 );

function wpdocs_excerpt_more( $more ) {
return sprintf( “%2$s“,
get_permalink( get_the_ID() ),
__( ‘Read More’, ‘textdomain’ )
);
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_more’, ‘wpdocs_excerpt_more’ );

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