diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlStringUtilities.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlStringUtilities.cs
index 24a643b5b0..778bc2b717 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlStringUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlStringUtilities.cs
@@ -240,5 +240,39 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the length of the words from a html block
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="html">Html text</param>
+        /// <param name="words">Amount of words you would like to measure</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public int WordsToLength(string html, int words)
+        {
+            int wordCount = 0;
+            int length = 0;
+            int maxWords = words;
+
+            while (length < html.Length)
+            {
+                // Check to see if the current wordCount reached the maxWords allowed
+                if (wordCount.Equals(maxWords)) break;
+                // Check if current char is part of a word
+                while (length < html.Length && char.IsWhiteSpace(html[length]) == false)
+                {
+                    length++;
+                }
+
+                wordCount++;
+
+                // Skip whitespace until the next word
+                while (length < html.Length && char.IsWhiteSpace(html[length]))
+                {
+                    length++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return length;
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs
index 6f3da17254..33fa907e11 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs
@@ -1457,18 +1457,98 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 		/// </summary>
 		public IHtmlString Truncate(string html, int length, bool addElipsis, bool treatTagsAsContent)
 		{
-            return _stringUtilities.Truncate(html, length, addElipsis, treatTagsAsContent);
-		}
+            return _stringUtilities.Truncate(html, length, addElipsis, treatTagsAsContent);
+        }
+        #region Truncate by Words
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(DynamicNull html, int words)
+        {
+            return new HtmlString(string.Empty);
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(DynamicNull html, int words, bool addElipsis)
+        {
+            return new HtmlString(string.Empty);
+        }
 
-		#endregion
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(DynamicNull html, int words, bool addElipsis, bool treatTagsAsContent)
+        {
+            return new HtmlString(string.Empty);
+        }
 
-		#region If
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(string html, int words)
+        {
+            int length = _stringUtilities.WordsToLength(html, words);
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// If the test is true, the string valueIfTrue will be returned, otherwise the valueIfFalse will be returned.
-		/// </summary>
-		public HtmlString If(bool test, string valueIfTrue, string valueIfFalse)
+            return Truncate(html, length, true, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(string html, int words, bool addElipsis)
+        {
+            int length = _stringUtilities.WordsToLength(html, words);
+
+            return Truncate(html, length, addElipsis, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(string html, int words, bool addElipsis, bool treatTagsAsContent)
+        {
+            int length =_stringUtilities.WordsToLength(html, words);
+
+            return Truncate(html, length, addElipsis, treatTagsAsContent);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(IHtmlString html, int words)
+        {
+            int length = _stringUtilities.WordsToLength(html.ToHtmlString(), words);
+
+            return Truncate(html, length, true, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(IHtmlString html, int words, bool addElipsis)
+        {
+            int length = _stringUtilities.WordsToLength(html.ToHtmlString(), words);
+
+            return Truncate(html, length, addElipsis, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string to a given amount of words, can add a elipsis at the end (...). Method checks for open html tags, and makes sure to close them
+        /// </summary>
+        public IHtmlString TruncateByWords(IHtmlString html, int words, bool addElipsis, bool treatTagsAsContent)
+        {
+            int length = _stringUtilities.WordsToLength(html.ToHtmlString(), words);
+
+            return Truncate(html, length, addElipsis, treatTagsAsContent);
+        }
+        #endregion
+        #endregion
+
+        #region If
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the test is true, the string valueIfTrue will be returned, otherwise the valueIfFalse will be returned.
+        /// </summary>
+        public HtmlString If(bool test, string valueIfTrue, string valueIfFalse)
 		{
 			return test ? new HtmlString(valueIfTrue) : new HtmlString(valueIfFalse);
 		}