Extend Excerpt for Post Grid

remove_action('post_grid_layout_element_excerpt', 'post_grid_layout_element_excerpt');


add_action('post_grid_layout_element_excerpt', 'post_grid_layout_element_excerpt_1152022');

function post_grid_layout_element_excerpt_1152022($args){

    $element  = isset($args['element']) ? $args['element'] : array();
    $elementIndex  = isset($args['index']) ? $args['index'] : '';

    $post_id = isset($args['post_id']) ? $args['post_id'] : '';

    if(empty($post_id)) return;

    $layout_id  = isset($args['layout_id']) ? $args['layout_id'] : '';

    $post_excerpt = get_the_excerpt($post_id);
    $post_link = get_permalink($post_id);

    $link_target = isset($element['link_target']) ? $element['link_target'] : '';

    $custom_class = isset($element['custom_class']) ? $element['custom_class'] : '';
    $char_limit = isset($element['char_limit']) ? (int) $element['char_limit'] : 0;
    $read_more_text = isset($element['read_more_text']) ? $element['read_more_text'] : __('Read more', 'post-grid');


    if($char_limit > 0){
        $post_excerpt = wp_trim_words($post_excerpt, $char_limit, '');
    }

    ?>
    <div class="element element_<?php echo esc_attr($elementIndex); ?> <?php echo esc_attr($custom_class); ?> excerpt ">
        <?php echo do_shortcode($post_excerpt); ?>
        <?php
        if(!empty($read_more_text)):
            ?>
            <a target="<?php echo esc_attr($link_target); ?>" href="<?php echo esc_url_raw($post_link); ?>"><?php echo esc_html($read_more_text); ?></a>
        <?php
        endif;
        ?>
    </div>
    <?php
}