Limited excerpt with readmore

Question

I wanted limited excerpt (40 words) with readmore link...I used this code below:

<?php echo apply_filters('the_excerpt',get_the_excerpt().'<a href="'.get_permalink().'"> read more </a>'); ?>

any help appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use the default filter for the length of the_excerpt

// Changing excerpt length
function new_excerpt_length($length) {
    return 40;
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');

Answer 2

Just an addition to Bültge's answer. You can also alter the "Read more" text:

function replaceMoreText() {
    global $post; // may be you don't need this, it depends
    return '<p class="new-read-more-text"><a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . __('New read more text') . '</a></p>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'replaceMoreText');

Answer 3

thanks everybody,

I solved my problem....

in function.php

function get_excerpt($count){
$permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
$excerpt = get_the_content();
$excerpt = strip_tags($excerpt);
$excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, $count);
$excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, strripos($excerpt, " "));
$excerpt = $excerpt.'... <a href="'.$permalink.'">Read More</a>';
return $excerpt;
}

in category.php

<?php echo get_excerpt(40); ?>