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  • Participant
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    Scooter on May 2, 2024 at 10:32 pm #52455

    Is there a way to auto generate the post excerpt rather than having to type one out manually, e.g. by automatically selecting the first 30 words of the post content?

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    Scooter on May 2, 2024 at 10:34 pm #52456

    This is regarding BuddyBlog Pro.

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    Ravi on May 3, 2024 at 12:12 pm #52462

    Hello Scooter,

    Thank you for posting. If you are familiar with PHP you can use the function name “wp_trim_excerpt” to generate. If you want me to assist you with the code let me know.

    Regards
    Ravi

    • This reply was modified 2 weeks, 2 days ago by Ravi.
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    Scooter on May 4, 2024 at 5:06 pm #52473

    Thanks Ravi. I would appreciate some help please, as I’m not sure where to make the changes.

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    Ravi on May 6, 2024 at 7:13 am #52478

    Hello Scooter,

    Thank you for the acknowledgement. Do you have already post excerpt with the posts? If yes please delete and WordPress will auto-generate it for you. By default, WordPress shows 55 words in a post excerpt but with the following code you can control the excerpt words length.

    

add_filter( 'excerpt_length', function () {
	return 30;
} );

    You can place this code in “bp-custom.php” file or your active theme “functions.php” file.

    You can refer the URL: https://buddydev.com/docs/buddypress-guides/what-is-bp-custom-php/

    Please give it a try.

    Regards
    Ravi

    • This reply was modified 1 week, 6 days ago by Ravi.
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    Scooter on May 6, 2024 at 1:41 pm #52480

    Thanks Ravi. I deleted “post excerpt” from my form and it now auto generates. I also tried creating the bp-custom.php and put this file in wp-content/plugins and changed the length to 100, however it didn’t work. Have I put the file in the correct place? Under plugins there is the buddyblog-pro folder. Should it not be in there?

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    Ravi on May 7, 2024 at 5:50 am #52483

    Hello Scooter,

    Thank you for the acknowledgement. You can place the file “bp-custom.php” under “wp-content/plugins”. Make sure you have started the file with

    
<?php

    Note: Ensure there is no space or a new line before “<?php” tag.

    if still not working put the code in the active theme “functions.php” file and then check it.

    Regards
    Ravi

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