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Custom wordpress excerpt lengths

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Change the excerpt value in functions.php

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  1. //First add the filters functions
  2.  
  3. function wpe_excerptlength_teaser($length) {
  4.     return 45;
  5. }
  6. function wpe_excerptlength_index($length) {
  7.     return 30;
  8. }
  9. function wpe_excerptmore($more) {
  10.     return '...';
  11. }
  12.  
  13. // Then the function
  14.  
  15. function wpe_excerpt($length_callback='', $more_callback='') {
  16.     global $post;
  17.     if(function_exists($length_callback)){
  18.         add_filter('excerpt_length', $length_callback);
  19.     }
  20.     if(function_exists($more_callback)){
  21.         add_filter('excerpt_more', $more_callback);
  22.     }
  23.     $output = get_the_excerpt();
  24.     $output = apply_filters('wptexturize', $output);
  25.     $output = apply_filters('convert_chars', $output);
  26.     $output = '<p>'.$output.'</p>';
  27.     echo $output;
  28. }
  29.  
  30. //The code for the template
  31.  
  32. <?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_index', 'wpe_excerptmore'); ?>
  33. // the other one
  34. <?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_teaser', 'wpe_excerptmore'); ?>

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