this filter is on the WordPress Codex … add_filter(‘excerpt_more’, ‘new_excerpt_more’); function new_excerpt_more($more) { global $post; return ‘<a class=”moretag” href=”‘. get_permalink($post->ID) . ‘”> … </a>’; } This works perfect, however I wonder if it is also possible to create a filter that extends the_excerpt() with the same parameter like the_content() where it is possible to set … Read more
The situation is the following: The blog as of now has 2200+ posts. In the beginning (2007/2008) I was using manual excerpts where I would put an image and a little bit of text. The manual excerpt (excerpt field populated with an image and text) is shown on archives and wherever wanted. However recently I … Read more
I have made a custom post type called news that has meta boxes. I would like to print the data from the metabox as a excerpt. How can I do that? This is the code that I use that prints the data : <?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘news’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 10, … Read more
I’m using WordPress 3.9.2, and having trouble with the wp_trim_words function. It seems to be cutting the string down to X characters instead of X words. Example Put the following in a template file: <?php $str = “Imagine discovering a secret language spoken only online by a knowledgeable and learned few. Over a period of … Read more
I’m using the_excerpt(); on an archive page; my problem: manual excerpts display, but automatic excerpts do not (just for clarification: an automatic excerpt meaning a snippet generated from the_content(); when a manual excerpt isn’t present) What I’ve Tried/Figured Out So Far: I eliminated the possibility that the word/character length could be set to 0 the_content(); … Read more
I know how to use read more technique to only view an excerpt of the topic on the homepage and click on the read more icon to open the post and view the full content. Can we do it on the post itself? When the visitor open the post page itself (not the homepage), only … Read more
I’ve tried to remove the meta-nav arrow from end of my “Read more”. I’m building a child theme on top of Twenty Fourteen and have used // Change excerpt length function new_excerpt_length( $length ) { return 20; } add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘new_excerpt_length’ ); // Replaces the excerpt “Read More” text by a link function new_excerpt_more( $more … Read more
I’m trying to fix our website and could use some help. On our front page, we have a section that pulls the most current post and displays that. If it is too long, it will cut off and display a […] at the end. You used to be able to click that and be taken … Read more
Hello I need help customizing the excerpt length for specific pages. For the homepage excerpts I want 400 characters and for all other pages I want 800 characters. I came up with the following code placed in functions.php function wpdocs_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) { if( is_front_page() ){ return 400; } else { return 800; } } … Read more
I’m using a custom WP_query to display a carousel with the most recent post on a page that doesn’t have a main loop. Inside the WP_query loop, I’m using get_the_excerpt() to retrieve the automatically generated excerpt of those posts. The posts do not have a custom excerpt set, neither do they have a <!–more–> tag. … Read more
