Limit content size

Question

Does anyone know how I can set a limit on the char length for posts when using the "content=yes" function?

I need something like excerpt_size but for the content, not excerpt. Before someone suggests using excerpt, it strips out the formatting and line breaks so I want to use the content output function but set a limit like you can with excerpt_size. I hope that makes sense to you.

I don't mind hacking the php in the plugin if someone knows what I need to change in there.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You could enable links, images and other tags for use with the_excerpt. This might be the most simple solution, but it will apply to all excerpts:

<?php
function my_excerpt_custom($text) {
$raw_excerpt = $text;
if ( '' == $text ) {
    $text = get_the_content('');
    $text = strip_shortcodes( $text ); 
    $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
    $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]&gt;', $text);
    $allowed_tags = '<a>,<p>,<img>';
    $text = strip_tags($text, $allowed_tags);

    $excerpt_word_count = 88; /*** MODIFY THIS. change the excerpt word count to any integer you like.***/
    $excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', $excerpt_word_count);

    // $excerpt_end = '[...]'; /*** MODIFY THIS. change the excerpt endind to something else.***/
    $excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . $excerpt_end);
    $words = preg_split("/[\n\r\t ]+/", $text, $excerpt_length + 1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
    if ( count($words) > $excerpt_length ) {
        array_pop($words);
        $text = implode(' ', $words);
        $text = $text . $excerpt_more;
    } else {
        $text = implode(' ', $words);
    }
}
return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
}
remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'my_excerpt_custom');
?>

I've added a few of the most likely tags from the code found here: bac consulting website

Answer 2

You cannot just cut off the content on any position: The break may occur inside of an element like table, blockquote or pre. The only way to do this per script: use a DOM parser, walk through the parsed document tree, count the characters in each element and stop if you are in a safe context. Very difficult.

The only safe way is to use the_content() and a manually set <!--more--> marker.

Answer 3

Go to wpcontent> plugins> list-category-posts> list_cat_posts.php

edit excerpt size to whatever.

                        'id' => '0',
                        'name' => '',
                        'orderby' => 'date',
                        'order' => 'desc',
                        'numberposts' => '50',
                        'date' => 'no',
                        'date_tag' => '',
                        'date_class' =>'',
                        'dateformat' => get_option('date_format'),
                        'author' => 'no',
                        'author_tag' =>'',
                        'author_class' => '',
                        'template' => 'default',
                        'excerpt' => 'yes',
                        **'excerpt_size' => '100',**
                        'excerpt_tag' =>'yes',
                        'excerpt_class' =>'',
                        'exclude' => '0',
                        'excludeposts' => '0',
                        'offset' => '2',
                        'tags' => '',
                        'content' => 'no',
                        'content_tag' => 'yes',
                        'content_class' => '',
                        'catlink' => 'no',
                        'catlink_tag' =>'',
                        'catlink_class' => '',
                        'comments' => 'no',
                        'comments_tag' => '',
                        'comments_class' => '',
                        'thumbnail' => '',
                        'thumbnail_size' => 'thumbnail',
                        'thumbnail_class' => '',
                        'title_tag' => '',
                        'title_class' => '',
                        'post_type' => '',
                        'post_parent' => 'no',
                        'class' => 'lcp_catlist',
                        'customfield_name' => '',
                        'customfield_value' =>'',
                        'customfield_display' =>'',
                        'taxonomy' => '',
                        'categorypage' => '',
                        'morelink' => '',
                        'morelink_class' => ''