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Revision: 10987
at January 20, 2009 19:44 by kristarella
Initial Code 
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;
}
Initial URL 
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/227692
Initial Description 
Thanks to LenK on the WP forums.
Initial Title 
Limit WordPress excerpts
Initial Tags 
wordpress
Initial Language 
PHP