Title: Decrease get_the_excerpt() length
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Decrease get_the_excerpt() length

 *  Resolved [thetooon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetooon/)
 * (@thetooon)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-get_the_excerpt-length/)
 * Any ideas how to decrease length of get_the_excerpt() output without tweaking
   it trough apply_filters\changing WP core?

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-get_the_excerpt-length/#post-1302576)
 * I believe filters is the only way, without hand writing excerpts in your actual
   post…..
 * What don’t you like about using the filters? As it’s just a bit of code in your
   theme?
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-get_the_excerpt-length/#post-1302660)
 * You don’t have to change wp core to accomplish this (just like RVoodoo wrote):
   Look [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt#Control_Excerpt_Length_using_Filters)
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [thetooon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetooon/)
 * (@thetooon)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-get_the_excerpt-length/#post-1302817)
 * Thanks, pboosten.

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 * Last reply from: [thetooon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetooon/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-get_the_excerpt-length/#post-1302817)
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