# Changing excerpt length

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643 "2020-06-12T09:01:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643/11 "2020-11-25T23:24:43Z")

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Is this the right setting? I noticed my excerpts are as long as 300 characters, which is the default setting for `post excerpt maxlength`.

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