Wordpress Custom Excerpt Lengths w/ Links

functions.php

<?php
// Custom excerpt lengths
function get_excerpt($count){
	$permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
	$words = array();
	$excerpt = get_the_content();
	$excerpt = strip_tags($excerpt, '<a>'); //allow links within excerpt
	$excerpt = strip_shortcodes( $excerpt );
	$excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, $count);
	$excerpt = $excerpt;
	if ( count($words) > $excerpt_length ) {
			array_pop($words);
			$text = implode(' ', $words);
			$text = $text . $excerpt_more;
		} else {
			$text = implode(' ', $words);
		}
	return $excerpt;
}

// Remove ...
function trim_excerpt($text) {
	return rtrim($text,'[...]');
	}
?>

Function to add custom excerpt lengths to a theme and allow links in the excerpt (by default links are stripped from excerpts in WordPress). This function also removes the "..." at the end of excerpts. Exclude lines 21-24 if you still want them.

Just add the above code to the theme's existing functions.php file.

Front end code needs to be in the loop.

Front End Usage '###' is character length:

<?php echo get_excerpt('###'); ?>