WordPress Custom exerpts with excerpt_length and excerpt_more Limit excerpt length to 50 words
Example
Put the following code in functions.php:
function themify_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 50;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'themify_custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
Use 999 as the priority to ensure that the function runs after the default WordPress filter, otherwise it would override what is set here.
