Limiting Excerpt length on Recent Posts

[fatcatgraphics]

Hi, ive added the necessary code to my functions.php in my child theme and now my recent posts is showing the excerpt. I just have 2 questions.

1. how do I limit the character/words in the excerpt

and

2.what shortcode do i use to display recent posts from a particular category?

TIA
Rena

[jade]

Hi Rena,

@fatcatgraphics

how do I limit the character/words in the excerpt

Please go to X > Theme Options > Blog > Content then set the value in Except Length.

@fatcatgraphics

2.what shortcode do i use to display recent posts from a particular category?

The recent post element already has the category field so it is not necessary to use the shortcode. Just add the category slug in the field.

If you want to use the shortcode, you just have to use the category attribute in the shortcode like this:

[recent_posts count="1" orientation="vertical" category="remember"]

Please check this link for reference:

http://demo.theme.co/integrity-1/shortcodes/recent-posts/

Hope this helps.