Steps
- Add the PHP code to your theme’s
functions.php. - Change
25to the number of words you want. - Save the changes.
- WordPress will use the new length for automatically generated excerpts.
/**
* Change the default WordPress excerpt length
*/
function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 25;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );Tested on
WordPress 6.8
Reported by the author on October 1, 2026. WPFolks has not verified this.
Not tested against WordPress 7.1.3. It may still work.
