[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59348: Excerpt block length is not full customizable any more

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#59348: Excerpt block length is not full customizable any more
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 Reporter:  frzsombor          |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                     |
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 Since the latest changes in /src/wp-includes/blocks/post-excerpt.php now
 the excerpt length is not fully customizable any more. The problem is that
 previously `$excerpt = get_the_excerpt();` was used, which was filterable
 with `get_the_excerpt`, but now this excerpt is just getting forcefully
 trimmed by `wp_trim_words` based on the `excerptLength` option. Which is:
 a) A number forced to be between 10-100 b) now can not be changed or
 overwritted with custom code in any way.

 If I want to display the excerpt of a post on the post's page, now there
 is no way to correctly display an excerpt that is longer than 100 words. I
 think this is a loss in features and a bad practice to limit the excerpt's
 usage in this way. At least allow `$excerpt_length =
 $attributes['excerptLength'];` to be modified with the already existing
 `excerpt_length` filter.

 Mentioned change:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=56065%40trunk%2Fsrc
 %2Fwp-includes%2Fblocks%2Fpost-excerpt.php&old=55246%40trunk%2Fsrc%2Fwp-
 includes%2Fblocks%2Fpost-excerpt.php

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