Using wp_trim_excerpt to get the_excerpt() outside the loop

Posted by Prem Tiwari | Updated on September 23, 2020

Here is a derivative of wp_trim_excerpt() which I used. Works perfectly. Derived from WordPress:

function my_excerpt($text, $excerpt)

{

if ($excerpt) return $excerpt;

$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );

$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);

$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);

$text = strip_tags($text);

$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55);

$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]');

$words = preg_split("/[\n\r\t ]+/", $text, $excerpt_length + 1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

if ( count($words) > $excerpt_length ) {

array_pop($words);

$text = implode(' ', $words);

$text = $text . $excerpt_more;

} else {

$text = implode(' ', $words);

}

return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);

}

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