Still Having problems setting description length

Hi,
As a hot fix.
Plz search ‘function geodir_excerpt_length’ in ur geodirectory > geodirectory-functions > post_functions.php, it should be around at line no. 1889.

Replace that function with below code.

function geodir_excerpt_length($length)
{
	global $wp_query;
	if(isset($wp_query->query_vars['is_geodir_loop']) && $wp_query->query_vars['is_geodir_loop'] && get_option('geodir_desc_word_limit'))
		$length = get_option('geodir_desc_word_limit');
	elseif(get_query_var('excerpt_length'))
			$length = get_query_var('excerpt_length');
			
	if(geodir_is_page('author') && get_option('geodir_author_desc_word_limit'))
		$length = get_option('geodir_author_desc_word_limit');
	
	return $length;
}

Please advise ?

Hi,

I have fixed this issue, i found that Avada theme also has a filter on excerpt_length hook.
I wanted to put this code

add_action('init' , 'geodir_remove_excerpt_lenght_filter') ;
function geodir_remove_excerpt_lenght_filter()
{
    remove_filter('excerpt_length' , 'avada_excerpt_length', 999);
}

in your avada child theme functions.php file, but came to know that u are not using that, so i put it in geodirectory(core)/geodir_hook_actions.php.
But this will get overwritten with next release because this is specific to avada theme. I will consider it as Avada theme compatibility issue and put this solution in Avada child theme later.

Please advise ?

GD is printing the excerpt, not the content.

You can change the length of the excerpt by adding this to your functions.php file…

// Change the number of words contained in an excerpt to 300
function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 300;
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘custom_excerpt_length’, 999 );

This should ensure that the number of characters in the excerpt is greater than your desired character count.