display-posts: allow customizing the excerpt (like on .org)

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  manuschwendener · Member · Apr 27, 2017 at 8:12 pm

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  Hi

  I wanted to use the code I found on https://github.com/billerickson/display-posts-shortcode/wiki#customizing-the-excerpt, but it’s only for wordpress.org

  How about adding those possibilities to wordpress.com, too?

  Customizing the Excerpt [in wordpress.org]

  If you use [display-posts include_excerpt="true"] it will use the standard excerpt settings as defined by WordPress and your theme. Typically this means 55 word length and […] at the end if the excerpt was shortened, but your theme can change these.

  • excerpt_length – Set the length of the excerpt, in words. Default is 55
  • excerpt_more – Add some type of “more” text to the end of all excerpts. Default is empty
  • excerpt_more_link – Make the “more” text link to your post. Default is false (no link)

  Example:

  [display-posts include_excerpt="true" excerpt_length="20" excerpt_more="Read More" excerpt_more_link="true"]