Custom Excerpt - croque-pixel.com

// Multiple Excerpt
function croque_pixel_excerpt( $charlength, $excerpt = false, $excerpt_more = true ) {

    if( ! $excerpt) {
        $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
    }

    // Remove shortcodes for excerpt
    $excerpt = strip_shortcodes( $excerpt );
    $charlength++;

    if( strlen( $excerpt ) > $charlength ) {
        $subex   = substr( $excerpt, 0, $charlength-5 );
        $exwords = explode(" ",$subex);
        $excut   = -( strlen( $exwords[count( $exwords )-1] ) );
        if( $excut < 0 ) {
            $new_excerpt = substr( $subex, 0, $excut );
        } else {
            $new_excerpt = $subex;
        }
        if( true == $excerpt_more ) {
            $new_excerpt .= "...";
        }
    } else {
        $new_excerpt = $excerpt;
    }

    return $new_excerpt;
}