Truncate by word or character

Written by Bill EricksonPublished on June 5, 2012Updated on December 5, 2018

	<?php

	// Trims by word
	wp_trim_words( $text, $num_words, $moretext );

	// Trims by character (and strips HTML)
	wp_html_excerpt( $str, $num_char );

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Bill Erickson is the co-founder and lead developer at CultivateWP, a WordPress agency focusing on high performance sites for web publishers.

I build custom WordPress websites that look great and are easy to manage.