strlen( $excerpt ) ) { return $excerpt; } $excerpt = apply_filters('the_content', $excerpt); $excerpt = strip_tags( $excerpt ); $excerpt = substr( $excerpt, 0, absint( $count ) ); $excerpt = substr( $excerpt, 0, strripos( $excerpt, " " ) ); $excerpt = trim( preg_replace( '/\s+/', ' ', $excerpt ) ); $excerpt = $excerpt . '...'; return $excerpt; }