[Resolved] Limit characters of post excerpt using query loop block

[Magnus]

Hello,

I’m building my homepage based on elements and query loop. It really works great!

https://ride-with-love.bike/ride-with-love-der-spezialist-fuer-mtb-enduro-alpencross-mehrtagestouren/

I’m using the post-template within the query loop. Now I want to limit the text to an own defined value of characters. There is somehow a limitation to (I guess) 45 characters. But I want to modify this value to e.g. 100 Characters.

How can this be modified?

Thanks, Mags

[Ying]

Hi Mags,

Go to the page editor, if you click on the excerpt (Headlineblock), you’ll see theExcerpt length option under the dynamic data tab:
https://www.screencast.com/t/M2zjiVSuUR3a

[Magnus]

Hi Ying,

thanks for your reply. I can’t find this option. Maybe I’m blind or at the wrong spot.

I’m in the “Design” Menu and working in “Elements”. Herein I use Container, Query Loop and Post Template: https://www.screencast.com/t/g72vJ4FfufG

Maybe you can give me additional guidance.

Thank you, Mags

[Ying]

Oh you are using WP’s query loop block, I thought you were using GenerateBlocks’s query loop block.

In that case, there might not be such an option, we can’t really do anything to WP’s core block.

I would recommend using query loop block of GenerateBlocks, it gives you way more options to customize the style:
https://generateblocks.com/generateblocks-1-5-dynamic-data-query-loops-image-blocks/

[Magnus]

OK, that makes more sense. Now I use query loop block of GenerateBlocks Beta and works much better. Thank you!

[Ying]

Great! You are welcome 🙂

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