# 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:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-excerpt-length/154643/14 "2022-11-17T21:07:12Z")

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I think that you need to rebake the posts in order for those settings to apply to older ones.

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