I’m experiencing a similar issue here in that the word limit is not being applied to custom excerpts entered. I’m using Visual Composer layouts on post pages so if I don’t use custom excerpts, WPSP pulls all the VC shortcode stuff before the actual content.
I tried following the above tips but got lost at the final stage via “Add as a code snippet and set a custom field on your post page with the name ‘wpsp_excerpt’ and the value as your custom excerpt and it will display for WP Show Posts.”
There is nothing in the name dropdown labeled ‘wpsp_excerpt’ and I’m unclear on what the actual value should be.
Is there an easier way to go about this?