# Custom Excerpt Length not working for me

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**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-excerpt-length-not-working-for-me/284100 "2023-11-01T10:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Petr\_Mišák](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/petr_mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k/32/184800_2.png) [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-excerpt-length-not-working-for-me/284100/1 "2023-11-01T10:57:39Z")

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I’m trying to reduce the number of words that show up in “Discours” when I publish an article in WordPress. But instead I don’t see a single word 🙂

 ![Custom Excerpt Length](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/c/e/6ce6c49d426d108a1d485dca3709682f0274225a.png)  
 ![discours post](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/b/b/cbb1f08594d23a95b3628a769e907b9933e466af.png)

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