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change the default length of your excerpts in your WordPress website
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wp-codesnippet-change-post-excerpt-length.php
<?php
//add this code into your theme functions.php
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', function($length) {
return 20; //edit the number to the amount of words you want to show in your excerpts
}, PHP_INT_MAX );
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