Limiting words in the_excerpt()

[Orlando]

Hi I have tried the various ways be creating a new function etc, but no joy, all i want to do is reduce the amount of text shown in the main loop of the list view.

Any help would be much appreciated..

Also would like my previous question https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/how-to-change-widget-list-view-to-show-events-by-days-of-the-current-week/ replied to as well please, don’t see why paid customers have to wait so long.

Thanks.

[Brian]

Hi,

Thanks for using our plugins. I can help you out here.

There is no filter to modify the_excerpt() length.

However, there is a way to do it by editing the template.

To modify the list view template please follow our themer’s guide:

https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/themers-guide/

Then move and edit this file in your theme:

wp-content\plugins\the-events-calendar\views\list\single-event.php

On that file you want to edit this:

<?php the_excerpt() ?>

to something like to change modify the length:

<?php
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
$excerpt = substr( $excerpt , 0, 100);
echo $excerpt;
?>

You can change the amount to something you like by changing the 100.

Let me know how that works out.

Thanks

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[Orlando]

Thanks for the help, I will give this a try,

apologies, I am impatient person by nature, especially when I have paid for something 🙂

Thanks again!

[Brian]

No Worries.

Let me know how this works out.

Thanks

[Brian]

Since I haven’t heard back from you here, I’m going to go ahead and close out this thread. Feel free to start a new thread if you have further issues. Thanks! 🙂

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