I have code in functions.php: function string_limit_words($string, $word_limit) { $words = explode(‘ ‘, $string, ($word_limit + 1)); if(count($words) > $word_limit) array_pop($words); return implode(‘ ‘, $words); } but i need to limit excerpt in number of characters, could you help me with that? 4 s 4 I used this code in one of my last projects: … Read more
I’m having a problem with the_excerpt and can not find the answer anywhere… I simply want to allow links to be clickable when they are displayed via the_excerpt! There has to be a function for this, rather than relying on a plugin. But I can’t find it and the advanced excerpt plugins are so complex … Read more
I want to remove the “Continue Reading” link from the teaser excerpt only and not from the automatic excerpt, which filter is easily available. This is the original code; it’s from the Showcase Template Page Template: <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <?php if ( ” != get_the_content() ) get_template_part( ‘content’, ‘intro’ ); … Read more
The standard way of getting an excerpt is to use the_excerpt() or get_the_excerpt() template tags. I am trying to get just the actual content of the Excerpt field. If there is an excerpt, I want to display it in full (without being abridged or appending […]). If there is no excerpt, I don’t want anything … Read more
I have a website in which I need to control the displayed excerpt length. Some of the posts might have manual excerpt so I can’t use the excerpt_length filter. I can, of course, use some kind of substr(), but was looking for a more elegant solution (if such exists). 6 s 6 Take a look … Read more
I am costuming a template. There is a list grabbing the introduction from the first 1-2 paragraphs (all the articles from a category). If I set the excerpt to 295 words, sometimes the list grabs additional words from the next paragraph. I would like to add a Read More tag to stop it. Can someone … Read more
how can I include a line-break inside the_excerpt. I’ve modified the length and the more-button via my functions.php. I’m using teaser for every blog-entry and sometimes it looks a bit ugly, that there no line-breaks included. 5 s 5 There is no filter that would allow you to set allowable tags not to be removed … Read more
When I’m in “the loop” (archive pages etc.) how do I force teasers / excerpts for all articles, regardless of whether they contain the <!–more–> tag or not? Details: I’m starting off of the _s template which displays blog post content using the content.php template in which it calls the_content() function. This function inspects the … Read more
I’m using the_excerpt on my index page. I’m also using a dropcap shortcode at the beginning of each of my posts. On the index page, the posts will not display the letter with the dropcap shortcode around it. If my post beings with the word “Dog” the index page displays “og”. How do I get … Read more
I need add to the excerpt field the TinyMCE Advanced editor, any ideas? I have the qTranslate plugin (multilanguage), and it’s impossible to connect teh excerpt with this plugin and an editor. Thanks 4 s 4 Just replace the default output. Make sure you unescape the excerpt before you send it to the editor: add_action( … Read more
