Reduce Excerpts

Pls have the following code in your (child) theme functions.php –

add_filter('lae_posts_grid_entry_excerpt', 'mytheme_restrict_excerpt', 10, 1);

function mytheme_restrict_excerpt($excerpt) {

    $excerpt = '<div class="entry-summary">';

    $length = 120; // number of characters without breaking the words

    $append = '...';

    $string = get_the_excerpt();

    $string = trim($string);

    if(strlen($string) > $length) {
        $string = wordwrap($string, $length);
        $string = explode("\n", $string, 2);
        $string = $string[0] . $append;
    }

    $excerpt .= $string;

    $excerpt .= '</div>';

    return $excerpt;
}