WordpressExcerptManager

Provides get_better_excerpt($length, $more) so you have true control over your excerpts, on the fly.

Usage

the_content();
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the_excerpt();
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echo get_better_excerpt(15, '... <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read More</a>');

'You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, 'that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'

'You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, 'that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'

'It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't much.

The Hatter was the first to break the silence. 'What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.

'You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, 'that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!''You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, 'that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I[...]

'You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, 'that "I like what I... Read More

Life Is Easier

No writing your own filters (per loop, per screen size, etc, both!?)

<div class="visible-xs"><?php echo get_better_excerpt(10); ?></div>
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<div class="visible-sm"><?php echo get_better_excerpt(15, '... <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read More</a>'); ?></div>
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<div class="visible-md visible-lg"><?php echo get_better_excerpt(30, '... <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read More</a>'); ?></div>