Changin gthe excerpt length based on page

  • Hi,

    I’ve been trying to change the excerpt on some articles based on a page, so for example the home page has 60 words, a sub section has 20 words. I know i’m doing something wrong here, but i’m not sure what. I’m not a programmer, and it shows. lol. But yeah, any suggestions would be welcome. ??

    <?php function new_excerpt_length($length) {

	if (is_page ('whoscoming')) {
	$length = 20;
	}else {
	$length = 60;
	}
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');

?>

    Thanks!

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  • you are missing one line

    <?php function new_excerpt_length($length) {

	if (is_page ('whoscoming')) {
	$length = 20;
	}else {
	$length = 60;
	}
ADD-->  return $length;
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length'); ?>

    return tells the function to send the calculated length back to the line of code that executed the function

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