# How to Use Custom Excerpts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Developer help\ **Created:** [October 11, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471 "2019-10-11T15:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bwhli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bwhli/32/4747_2.png) [@bwhli](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bwhli)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/1 "2019-10-11T15:26:07Z")
Hello, can anyone provide more information on how to use custom excerpts to bypass the 300 word limit? The Ghost docs says the following. > If the post’s `custom_excerpt` property is set, then the helper will always output the `custom_excerpt` content ignoring the `words` & `characters` attributes. How exactly do I set the ‘custom\_excerpt’ property? I also found this post on the Ghost blog, but the two images in this post appear to be the same image unless I am missing something - [Custom Excerpts](https://ghost.org/blog/custom-excerpts/) Any help would be appreciated! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![GBJsolution](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/gbjsolution/32/4738_2.png) [@GBJsolution](https://forum.ghost.org/u/GBJsolution)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/2 "2019-10-11T16:15:21Z")
Hi, you are at the right direction. Don’t be confused by 2 image. Add your custom text in that excerpt box. That is the place to add custom excerpt for your post. ---
**Author:** ![bwhli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bwhli/32/4747_2.png) [@bwhli](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bwhli)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/3 "2019-10-11T21:11:59Z")
Thank you, do you know if it’s possible to override the 300 word limit? ---
**Author:** ![GBJsolution](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/gbjsolution/32/4738_2.png) [@GBJsolution](https://forum.ghost.org/u/GBJsolution)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/4 "2019-10-12T01:24:50Z")
If you add custom excerpt in the previously mentioned box then there will not be any word limit. Full custom excerpt will be shown. If you do not add any custom excerpt then the world limit will take effect. You can use `words` or `characters` options for your intended word length or characters length. ( you have to customize in your theme). See the documentation. > **[Ghost Handlebars Theme Helpers: excerpt](https://ghost.org/docs/themes/helpers/excerpt/)** > > Learn how to create custom excerpts using Ghost Handlebars theme helpers. Build your custom theme today! ---
**Author:** ![bwhli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bwhli/32/4747_2.png) [@bwhli](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bwhli)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/5 "2019-10-12T02:51:59Z")
Thank you for your response. The issue I am running into is this… Here’s a screenshot showing my usage of the excerpt box. ![07%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/d/d2138c6a5938bca83ab2721c184dabe3b078fb01.png) As you can see, it is limiting me to 300 characters and it prevents me from publishing. ---
**Author:** ![GBJsolution](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/gbjsolution/32/4738_2.png) [@GBJsolution](https://forum.ghost.org/u/GBJsolution)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/6 "2019-10-12T04:00:24Z")
Thanks for the screenshot. Yes, at this moment the custom excerpt is limited to 300 character long. Sorry, previously I was talking about character count within the theme. At this moment you can not increase this 300 char limit without hacking the ghost core. May be someone from ghost insider can help you more. ---
**Author:** ![florianm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@florianm](https://forum.ghost.org/u/florianm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/7 "2020-03-31T10:40:42Z")
Hi! I just ran into the same limitation. It would also make more sense to me if there was a word limit (which you can also already limit with the helper) instead of the 300 _character_ limit. Have you tried solving this yet? ---
**Author:** ![webdeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@webdeb](https://forum.ghost.org/u/webdeb)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/8 "2020-06-18T20:17:45Z")
Hello Since the limit is hard, it would be at least nice to have the same character counter as in the meta tags: ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-06-18 um 22.13.10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/8/8445d21bcc12fbbd21669db6461b9928d6d54985.png) ! ---
**Author:** ![webdeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@webdeb](https://forum.ghost.org/u/webdeb)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-custom-excerpts/9471/9 "2020-06-18T20:18:17Z")
![Bildschirmfoto 2020-06-18 um 22.14.07](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/1/1d935c491fe723edcfb1a311b96f6d9333b3f5d6.png)