I tried to change the excerpt length and the more tag the way it is described in the codex:
function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 10;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
function new_excerpt_more( $more ) {
return '[.....]';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');
this is how I call the excerpt from within the template:
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
But it still has the same length and more tag as before. How can that be?