{"id":10110,"date":"2014-11-27T23:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T17:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devstech.com\/?p=10110"},"modified":"2026-02-08T03:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:29:30","slug":"modify-length-post-excerpts-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/modify-length-post-excerpts-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Length of Post Excerpts in Genesis Theme?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Genesis Framework : In this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn how to Change Length of Post Excerpts in Genesis<\/em>. The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Whether you\u2019re a novice or advanced developer, Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go. In Genesis powered websites you’ve to modify the child theme which is running on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

These code snippets will help you to Change Length of Post Excerpts with the Genesis Framework.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless otherwise indicated, the code snippets you see below should be placed into your theme\u2019s functions.php file.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Change Length of Post Excerpts in Genesis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Below is the code to Modify the Length of Post Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\/* Do NOT include the opening php tag
\n\/\/* Modify the length of post excerpts
\nadd_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'sp_excerpt_length' );
\nfunction sp_excerpt_length( $length ) {
\nreturn 50; \/\/ pull first 50 words
\n}<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Words<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I strongly recommended to take backup core files<\/strong> before customizing any Genesis Child Theme. Hope the above Genesis Tutorial was helpful and valued for you. Please don’t forget to share this with social friends and write a comment below if you need any assistance in customizing the look of your WordPress websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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