simple category search form returns full text – but I need excerpts

Whats the loop look like on your search.php page? That’s the search results template, and that’s where the different output – either the_excerpt or the_content – is determined.

See Template Tags/the_content « WordPress Codex and Template Tags/the excerpt « WordPress Codex.

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