[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59043: the_excerpt() function return excerpt with different length in page load and ajax request on WordPress 6.3

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#59043: the_excerpt() function return excerpt with different length in page load
and ajax request on WordPress 6.3
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 Reporter:  sarathlal                            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high                                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types                    |     Version:  6.3
 Severity:  major                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing needs-testing-info     |     Focuses:
  needs-patch                                    |
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Changes (by Otto42):

 * keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-testing-info => needs-testing
     needs-testing-info needs-patch
 * priority:  normal => high
 * severity:  normal => major


Comment:

 Confirmed, this is a problem in core.

 Added here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/56065#file90

 It seems that the intention was to add a setting somewhere to allow the
 length to be modified in the editor. But there is no setting that I can
 find, and in any case, such a setting should not exist if the theme or a
 plugin is overriding the excerpt length manually.

 The given patch is not the correct way to fix it. It works technically,
 but only through accidental means.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59043#comment:7>
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