Title: [Plugin Category Shortcode] customizing the excerpt?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin Category Shortcode] customizing the excerpt?

 *  [createdbrazen12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/createdbrazen12/)
 * (@createdbrazen12)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-category-shortcode-customizing-the-excerpt/)
 * How can I customize how long the excerpt is?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-shortcode-w-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-shortcode-w-generator/)

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 *  Thread Starter [createdbrazen12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/createdbrazen12/)
 * (@createdbrazen12)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-category-shortcode-customizing-the-excerpt/#post-2503528)
 * I figured out how to change the WP global excerpt value (just search for ‘excerpt’
   in functions.php and you’ll find it soon), but it would be nice if I could just
   customize through the plugin w/o having to mess with the global setting.
 *  Plugin Author [robertdrake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertdrake/)
 * (@robertdrake)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-category-shortcode-customizing-the-excerpt/#post-2503847)
 * The plugin calls the wordpress function ‘get_the_excerpt()’ which doesn’t take
   any arguments. I’m sure there’s some way to cut down the except by a custom length
   but it’d add fairly substantially to the length and complexity of the plugin.
 * While I like to think my plugin helps in a few niche cases, to really control
   category output you’ll want to use a custom template. It gives a lot more control.
   ~RD

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 * Last reply from: [robertdrake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertdrake/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-category-shortcode-customizing-the-excerpt/#post-2503847)
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