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Variable Post Excerpt Lengths Based on Title Character Count

Posted on August 21, 2010 in WordPress Functions

If you are looking to create a post landing page layout that flows across multiple columns while maintaining a consistent height to each post coming through from the loop, then the following piece of code will do just that. It will allow you to set the number of characters output on the excerpt... Read Full Post →

Setting a Consistent Custom Excerpt Function for WordPress 2.9 or Higher

Posted on June 20, 2010 in WordPress Functions

Depending on how you have designed the overall look and feel of your site, you may want to use more or less than the 55 characters that the default WordPress the_excerpt template tags uses. By default, excerpts will also appended [...] at the end to indicate to readers that the text continues,... Read Full Post →

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