//add this to your functions.php
function get_excerpt($count){
$permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
$excerpt = get_the_content();
$excerpt = strip_tags($excerpt);
$excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, $count);
$excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, strripos($excerpt, " "));
$excerpt = preg_replace( '|\[(.+?)\](.+?\[/\\1\])?|s', '', $excerpt);
$excerpt = $excerpt.' ...';
return $excerpt;
}
//add this where you want to call your excerpt - usually in your loop
// the '50' signifies the character length of the excerpt - amend to your wishes.
<?php echo get_excerpt(50); ?>
The wordpress excerpt just doesn't cut the mustard. With this snippet, you can now add a custom excerpt and specify how many characters you want to show. It also strips shortcodes so you dont need to worry about having your shortcode syntax showing up. Boom!
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