Limit Post Titles and Excerpts to a Few Lines in Grids
Cuts long post titles to two lines and excerpts to three lines in blog grids and Query Loop blocks, so cards line up neatly whatever the text length.
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Code
.wp-block-post-template .wp-block-post-title,
.blog .entry-title,
.archive .entry-title {
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
-webkit-line-clamp: 2;
line-clamp: 2;
overflow: hidden;
}
.wp-block-post-template .wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt,
.blog .entry-summary p,
.archive .entry-summary p {
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
-webkit-line-clamp: 3;
line-clamp: 3;
overflow: hidden;
}Notes
Change the line counts in -webkit-line-clamp. Full titles still show on single posts.
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