wp-excerpt-hacks.php

<?php

function new_excerpt_more($more) {
	global $post;
	//return '<a class="read-more" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . $more . '</a>';
	return '... <a class="read-more" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">&gt;</a>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

function improved_trim_excerpt($text) {
	global $post;

	if ( '' == $text ) {
		$text = get_the_content('');
		$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
		$text = str_replace('\]\]\>', ']]&gt;', $text);
		$text = preg_replace('@<script[^>]*?>.*?</script>@si', '', $text);
		global $saveimgs;
		if ($saveimgs) {
			$text = strip_tags($text, '<p>');
		} else {
			$text = strip_tags($text, '<p>');
		}

		$excerpt_length = 80;
		$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
		if (count($words)> $excerpt_length) {
			array_pop($words);
			$text = implode(' ', $words);
			$text .= apply_filters('excerpt_more', '[...]');
		}
	}
	return $text;
}

remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'improved_trim_excerpt');