---
title: Filter excerpt length (or beginning of post content) in metas
url: "https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-excerpt-length-metas/"
lang: en-US
updated: 2021-09-29
hook_name: seopress_excerpt_length
required_version: 2.9
---

# Filter excerpt length (or beginning of post content) in metas

- **Hook name:** `seopress_excerpt_length`
- **Required version:** 2.9

```php
function sp_excerpt_length($html) { 
	//default: 50 words
	$html = 100; 
	return $html;
}
add_filter('seopress_excerpt_length', 'sp_excerpt_length');
```

Source: [https://gist.github.com/wp-seopress/4ae4b6870679bd7f42c75b03fe143fe4](https://gist.github.com/wp-seopress/4ae4b6870679bd7f42c75b03fe143fe4)