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How to Add Multiple Custom Excerpt Lengths

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"Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style."

Massimo Vignelli, Italian designer


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<?php
//add to functions.php
function excerpt($limit) {
  $excerpt = explode(' ', get_the_excerpt(), $limit);
  if (count($excerpt)>=$limit) {
    array_pop($excerpt);
    $excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt).'...';
  } else {
    $excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt);
  }
  $excerpt = preg_replace('`[[^]]*]`','',$excerpt);
  return $excerpt;
}

function content($limit) {
  $content = explode(' ', get_the_content(), $limit);
  if (count($content)>=$limit) {
    array_pop($content);
    $content = implode(" ",$content).'...';
  } else {
    $content = implode(" ",$content);
  }
  $content = preg_replace('/[.+]/','', $content);
  $content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
  $content = str_replace('', ']]&gt;', $content);
  return $content;
}


//example usage
echo excerpt(35);
?>