How to make RSS summary feeds show 300 characters not just 50

  • OK, I almost figured out how to do this. But it is a hack in the core files. Anyone know how to turn this into a plugin? Or is there already a plugin that handles this? RSS Experts, help!!

    Background: I want my feed to show 120 posts. I know some people think it’s too much but I want ALL my podcasts to be in my feed, so that iTunes will have the archive of all episodes when a new listener discovers it.

    Problem:     I use Feedburner. After a while Feedburner decided to say my feed was too large, over 512k. So I had to shorten the feed, without limiting the # of posts (I need 120+ to fit all my podcast episodes). So I had to change from Full Feed to Summary Feeds (under WP Admin > Reading > Options). I don’t like the Summary because it is too short of an excerpt, only 50 characters showing.

    Goal:     To use RSS2 Summary feed from WP, but have it show 300 characters (several sentences) instead of just 50 letters.

    My Hack: Go into wp-includes/feed-rss2.php

    Find the line:

    <?php if (get_option('rss_use_excerpt')) : ?>
		<description><![CDATA[ <?php the_excerpt_rss() ?>]]></description>


    Change it to:
    <description><![CDATA[ <?php the_content_rss('Read ON', FALSE, '', 300); ?>]]></description>

    QUESTION NOW:
    How do I make this a plugin or some way for the hack to remain, even after I upgrade to the next version of WP?

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  • Plugin:

    <?php
/*
Plugin Name: 300
Plugin URI: https://planetozh.com/
Description: excerpt = 300
Author: Ozh
Author URI: https://planetozh.com/
*/

add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'iwant300words');

function iwant300words() {
	return the_content_rss('Read ON', FALSE, '', 300);
}

?>

    This said, I think you don’t get what RSS are for, as I have already answered to your comment on my blog.

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