Bill Erickson

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Truncate by word or character

Written by Bill EricksonUpdated 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

Bill Erickson is a freelance WordPress developer and a contributing developer to the Genesis framework. For the past 14 years he has worked with attorneys, publishers, corporations, and non-profits, building custom websites tailored to their needs and goals.

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