# Custom Excerpt Length not working for me

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**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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> [@simon](#):
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> shortcodes

Yes, we use shortcodes. I’ll try temporarily disabling them and see what happens. Thanks for the directions. I’ll let you know what we find.

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