Excerpt - add the last few words of posts to the [...]

Question

Is there an easy method of adding the last few words of the posts, added to the trimmed excerpt that is automatically generated for post displayed on category pages?

Currently it will only show the first given number of words, and I would like it to have the first few words and the last few words, something like following

1 2 3 4 5 6 [...] 997 998 999 1000

Answer 1

You can achieve this by using the_excerpt filter. You can read further on the codex. Just paste this code in functions.php and set the value of $i = no of words from the end you want.

add_filter('the_excerpt','my_excerpt');
function my_excerpt(){
    global $post;                         
    $excerpt=get_the_excerpt();
    $content = get_the_content(); //gets the whole content
    $content =strip_tags($content) ; //strips html tags                  
    $content = explode(" ", $content); //stores each word in an array
    $size = count($content);        //counts the length of array                                
    $last="";                       //initialize an empty sting
    $i=4;                           //no of words from the last you want
    while($i>0){
        $last.= $content[$size-$i];   
        $last.=" ";
        $i--;  
    }  
    return $excerpt."......".$last;
}

Now use the_excerpt(); to output the kind excerpt you want. All the best and let me know if it worked or not.

Answer 2

You can wordpress excerpt using maximam character OR word count and display like

Loriem ipsum[...]

so I have solution.

This code put in function.php

/** 
 *  The Excerpt for word counting in the_content or excerpt.
 */  
function getCharCut($text, $limit)
{
    $char_cut=substr(strip_tags(stripslashes($text)),0,$limit);
    if(strlen($text)<=$limit) 
    return  $char_cut; 
    else
    return esc_html($char_cut." [...]");    
} 

You can use the excerpt or content count character OR word .

    <?php
        if(get_the_excerpt())
        {
            $mycontent = get_the_excerpt();
            echo getCharCut($mycontent, 105);
        }           
    ?>