Customizing get_the_excerpt() to specific length and “Read More” output.

by

I am costuming a template. There is a list grabbing the introduction from the first 1-2 paragraphs (all the articles from a category). If I set the excerpt to 295 words, sometimes the list grabs additional words from the next paragraph. I would like to add a Read More tag to stop it. Can someone help me with that part? 

<div id="all-div-cabrand-content-stories">
    <div class="kids-families-con-cabrand-stories">
        <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($page->ID, 'thubmnailstorysmall'); ?>
    </div>
    <div class="kids-con-cabrand-new-stories">
        <span>
            <?php print substr(get_the_excerpt(),wp_trim_excerpt(),295); ?>
            <i><a style="color:#1975D1;float:Right;" class="title" href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/75069/<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">Click for Story & Video</a></i>
            <br/>
        </span>
    </div>
</div>

5 s
5

To get a specific length you can use: wp_trim_words function. It has 3 parameters.

  1. Text to trim. Ex: get_the_content()
  2. Number of words. Ex: 295
  3. What to append after end of the text. Ex: '' This means null.

Use this:

<span>
    <?php echo wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 295, '' ); ?>
    <i><a style="color:#1975D1;float:Right;" class="title" href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/75069/<?php
        the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">Click for Story & Video</a></i>
    <br/>
</span>

Leave a Comment