How to change content limit in Posts module

Beaver Builder
1

Hey guys, is there a way to decrease/increase content excerpt in the Post module? Ideally, I would like to be able to change that limit per module.

Thanks,
Viktor

2

Hi Viktor,

Unfortunately, this isn’t possible using the Post module. The only way to achieve this would be through either custom code to control the excerpt length and use conditional tags.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/excerpt_length
https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/conditional-tags/

Alternatively, you could maybe try this plugin (untested).

Thanks,
Danny

3

Thanks Danny. Would be great to see a simple text input for Posts module to allow us to set custom excerpt length, and/or switch between actual excerpt or the_content cut off at a specified mark.

4

Hi Viktor,

It’s a great idea. If you have time, post this idea to our UserVoice and I will be sure to bring it to their attention.

https://wpbeaverbuilder.uservoice.com/forums/270594-general

Thanks,
Danny

5

I ran couple of tests, and this seems to work fine with conditional check:

function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
	if(is_home() || is_front_page()){
    return 20;
    }else{
        return 50;
    }
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );

In case anyone else needs this.

6

Awesome Viktor and thanks for sharing! I’m sure some of our users will find this useful.

Thanks,
Danny