{% capture excerpt %}

{{ post.excerpt | replace: "<p>", "" | replace: "</p>", "" }}

{% endcapture %}

{% if site.excerpt_length %}

{% assign excerpt_length = site.excerpt_length %}

{% else %}

{% assign excerpt_length = 20 %}

{% endif %}

{% assign excerpt_size = excerpt | size %}

<span class=“post-link__excerpt”>

{% if excerpt_size > 140 and excerpt_length > 0 %}
  {{ excerpt | truncatewords: excerpt_length, '…' }}
{% else %}
  {{ excerpt }}
{% endif %}

</span>