Limit the number of characters/words in an excerpt for a related posts section
You can use the get_the_excerpt filter to modify what’s printed by the_excerpt(): add_filter( ‘get_the_excerpt’, ‘wpse_367505_excerpt’ ); function wpse_367505_excerpt( $excerpt ) { return substr( $excerpt, 0, 50 ) . ‘ [Read More]’; } You can change the [Read More] text to whatever you’d like. Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file, and it should automatically … Read more