Hi there,

I am using bbp_topic_excerpt() inside loop-single-topic.php (in custom theme) to display excerpts in my forum topic listing page. The excerpt only displays 100 characters before it cuts off

I was wondering if there’s a way to increase the excerpt length (to say, 200 characters), without hacking any of the core files?

I’m using bbPress 2.1.2, Buddypress 1.6.1, WordPress 3.4.2

[@michaelhpdx Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

I am also interested in finding a reliable and simple way to display a post excerpt without having to hack the core files.

Michael

[@michaelhpdx Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

Checking the function code in bbp_topic_template.php, the call bbp_topic_excerpt() already accepts a $length argument; the default is 100, but it can be changed. Doh! It can be used as-is.

Michael

[@traverser11 Participant 3 years, 8 months ago]

I was having a bunch of trouble with this too, 8 years later!

I tried
bbp_topic_excerpt('200')
and
wp_trim_words( bbp_topic_excerpt(), 200, '...' );
But they wouldn’t actually change the excerpt length.

Anyway I found this other function in bbpress files, that does the job.
bbp_get_topic_excerpt($topic_id = 0, $length=200)

[@robin-w Moderator 3 years, 8 months ago]

thanks for posting 🙂