Ultra excerpt

if ( ! function_exists( 'ultra_excerpt' ) ) :
/**
 * Outputs the excerpt.
 */
function ultra_excerpt() {

    if ( siteorigin_setting( 'blog_archive_content' ) == 'excerpt' && siteorigin_setting( 'blog_excerpt_more' ) && ! is_search() ) {
        $read_more_text = siteorigin_setting( 'blog_read_more' ) ? esc_html( siteorigin_setting( 'blog_read_more' ) ) : esc_html__( 'Continue reading', 'ultra' );
        $read_more_text = '<span class="more-wrapper"><a class="more-link button" href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . $read_more_text . '</a></span>';
    } else {
        $read_more_text = '';
    }
    $ellipsis = '...';
    $length = siteorigin_setting( 'blog_excerpt_length' );
    $excerpt = explode( ' ', get_the_excerpt(), $length );

    if ( $length ) {

        if ( count( $excerpt ) >= $length ) {
            array_pop( $excerpt );
            $excerpt = '<p>' . implode( ' ', $excerpt ) . $ellipsis . '</p>' . $read_more_text;
        } else {
            $excerpt = '<p>' . implode( ' ', $excerpt ) . $ellipsis . '</p>';
        }

    } else {

        $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
    }

    $excerpt = preg_replace( '`\[[^\]]*\]`','', $excerpt );

    echo $excerpt;

}
endif;