If you ever wanted to change the Excerpt text length, whether to increase it or decrease it, this one step tutorial will help you much.

Procedure:

Note: Do take backup of the file you try this.

01. Place the below code in functions.php file:

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


Just change 30 with the number of words you want to show. This concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.