# Post\_excerpt\_maxlength for pinned posts?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-excerpt-maxlength-for-pinned-posts/120623
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 18, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-excerpt-maxlength-for-pinned-posts/120623 "2019-06-18T03:23:06Z")
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### Author: ![Yatima](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yatima/32/142889_2.png) [@Yatima](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yatima)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-excerpt-maxlength-for-pinned-posts/120623/1 "2019-06-18T03:23:06Z")

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No matter what I set post\_excerpt\_maxlength to, the excerpt is always approx. 200 characters.  
Not only Japanese, but also English.

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Discourse v2.3.0.beta11 +34

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### Author: ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-excerpt-maxlength-for-pinned-posts/120623/2 "2019-06-18T06:09:30Z")

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I think you’re confusing things here. Post excerpts for pinned posts has a set value of 220. It cannot be configured via the site settings. I’ve recategorized the topic to #Support because this is not a bug.

> [@Improving pinned topic excerpts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-pinned-topic-excerpts/17640/24):
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> I noticed that there was a SiteSetting.post\_excerpt\_maxlength setting. Which I assume is this: [image] I was hoping to change the length of a pinned topic/post excerpt. Upon digging into the code, I noticed this: It appears 220 is being used for a (pinned) topic excerpt. I was wondering what the SiteSetting.post\_excerpt\_maxlength setting did, and if the pinned topic excerpt length can be made into a setting?

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### Author: ![Yatima](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yatima/32/142889_2.png) [@Yatima](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yatima)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-excerpt-maxlength-for-pinned-posts/120623/3 "2019-06-18T06:59:21Z")

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Thanks for your explaining!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-excerpt-maxlength-for-pinned-posts/120623/4 "2022-11-27T04:36:39Z")

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