Title: the_excerpt_rss
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘the_excerpt_rss’, string $output )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the post excerpt for a feed.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$output`string

The current post excerpt.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    echo apply_filters( 'the_excerpt_rss', $output );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/feed.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L236)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L236-L236)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [the_excerpt_rss()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt_rss/)`wp-includes/feed.php` |

Displays the post excerpt for the feed.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_excerpt_rss/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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