If you dont want to use a plugin for changing your excerpt style you can copy/paste those functions you need and to put them in your themes functions.php file. // Changing excerpt length (default 55 words) function custom_excerpt_length($length) { return 100; } add_filter('excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length'); // Changing excerpt 'more' text (default […]) function custom_excerpt_more($more) { return '...'; } add_filter('excerpt_more', 'custom_excerpt_more'); // Adding an excerpt more link to auto generated excerpts function custom_auto_excerpt_more_link($more) { return ' ' . 'Read more' . ''; } add_filter('excerpt_more', 'custom_auto_excerpt_more_link'); // Adding an excerpt more link to manually generated excerpts function custom_manual_excerpt_more_link($more) { if( has_excerpt() ) { $excerpt_more_link = ' ' . 'Read more' . ''; } return $more. $excerpt_more_link; } add_filter('get_the_excerpt', custom_manual_excerpt_more_link );