Reply To: Limiting the output of a custom field.

• lukeclifton

• September 23, 2015 at 8:13 pm

I would recommend using the built in WP function wp_trim_words.

<?php $excerpt = wp_trim_words( get_field('your_custom_field' ), $num_words = 50, $more = '...' ); ?>

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_trim_words