// Grab First Paragraph Of Text And Ignore Images For Excerpt
    function awesome_excerpt($text, $raw_excerpt) {
        if( ! $raw_excerpt ) {
            $content = apply_filters( 'the_content', get_the_content() );
            $text = substr( $content, 0, strpos( $content, '</p>' ) + 4 );
        }
        $text = preg_replace("/<img[^>]+\>/i", "", $text);
        return $text;
    }
    add_filter( 'wp_trim_excerpt', 'awesome_excerpt', 10, 2 );

    // Customize Excerpt Word Count Length
    function excerpt($limit) {
        $excerpt = explode(' ', get_the_excerpt(), $limit);
        if (count($excerpt)>=$limit) {
            array_pop($excerpt);
            $excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt).'...';
          } else {
            $excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt);
          }
        $excerpt = preg_replace('`\[[^\]]*\]`','',$excerpt);
        return $excerpt;
    }