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mrwweb/truncate-fpw-excerpt.php

Created March 9, 2017 17:34
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A custom plugin to limit the length of excerpts *only* when they appear in Feature a Page Widget. (https://wordpress.org/plugins/feature-a-page-widget/) Save this file as `truncate-fpw-excerpt.php` and then place it in `/wp-content/mu-plugins/`. You may need to create this directory if it doesn't exist yet.
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truncate-fpw-excerpt.php
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Truncate Feature a Page Widget Excerpt
Description: Limits excerpt to 30 words. Ends cut-off excerpts with "..."
Version: 1.0
Author: Mark Root-Wiley
Author URI: https://mrwweb.com
*/
add_filter( 'fpw_excerpt', 'wp8887975_trim_fpw_excerpt' );
function wp8887975_trim_fpw_excerpt( $excerpt ) {
$excerpt = wp_trim_words( $excerpt, 30, '&hellip;' );
return $excerpt;
}
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