Crop Blog Excerpts by Line in Squarespace with CSS

Want your Squarespace blog excerpts to look clean, consistent, and professional no matter how long the post is? Try this simple Squarespace CSS trick to automatically crop and style your blog excerpts by line count on the main blog page. This customization makes your layout look polished, improves readability, and gives your Squarespace website a more cohesive design. Perfect for bloggers, creatives, and small business owners who want their blog grid to stay visually balanced without manually editing every excerpt!

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Here’s the CSS:

// basic grid blog //
.blog-basic-grid .blog-excerpt p {
overflow: hidden;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-line-clamp: 3;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical; }

// side by side blog //
.blog-side-by-side .blog-excerpt p {
overflow: hidden;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-line-clamp: 3;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical; }

// masonry blog //
.blog-masonry .blog-excerpt p {
overflow: hidden;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-line-clamp: 3;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical; }

// alternating blog //
.blog-alternating-side-by-side .blog-excerpt p {
overflow: hidden;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-line-clamp: 3;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical; }

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