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WordPress › Support Topic: get_the_excerpt - Outside the Loop http://wordpress.org/support/ WordPress › Support Topic: get_the_excerpt - Outside the Loop en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:50:41 +0000 wpsec on "get_the_excerpt - Outside the Loop" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/222916#post-970606 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:18:23 +0000 wpsec 970606@http://wordpress.org/support/ maybe include something like <code>var_dump($post);</code> after you is_single() line to make sure that the $post object is actually loaded with data. If you get a NULL result then obviously it isn't. And if it is loaded then you'll see an ID element. vanishdesign on "get_the_excerpt - Outside the Loop" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/222916#post-970577 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:54:30 +0000 vanishdesign 970577@http://wordpress.org/support/ Hopefully this helps: <a href="http://www.michelem.org/2008/07/11/wordpress-dynamic-meta-description-and-keywords-howto/">http://www.michelem.org/2008/07/11/wordpress-dynamic-meta-description-and-keywords-howto/</a> timjamz on "get_the_excerpt - Outside the Loop" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/222916#post-916543 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:15:04 +0000 timjamz 916543@http://wordpress.org/support/ Just a side note... even upgrading to 2.6.5, I get the same result outside the loop by making $post global. In ver.2.5.1 I am able to echo get_the_tags, get_the_excerpt, and even get_the_category. In version 2.6+, get_the_tags works just fine, but get_the_excerpt, and even get_the_category isn't working. I'm stumped. timjamz on "get_the_excerpt - Outside the Loop" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/222916#post-916485 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:57:10 +0000 timjamz 916485@http://wordpress.org/support/ I'm trying to figure out why get_the_excerpt is delivering nothing except a line break in WP2.6. I'm echoing tags and the excerpt for meta keywords and description in my header file. I do this by setting $post as global in the header, if it's a single post, then echoing tags through a foreach, then the excerpt via get_the_excerpt. This works without problem in another blog I have, which is WP2.5.1. On the WP2.6 blog I'm having trouble with, echoing the tags works fine but get_the_excerpt results in only a line break. Edit: In both cases, I am not specifying an excerpt, but relying on the default 55-word filter inherent to WP. Was get_the_excerpt changed between 2.5.1 and 2.6? Am I missing something brilliantly simple? Here's my code, outside the loop, in header.php: To echo the excerpt: <pre><code><?php global $post; if (is_single()) { echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt($post->ID)); } ?></code></pre> To echo the tags ($post is already global): <pre><code><?php if (is_single()) { foreach(get_the_tags($post->ID) as $tag) { echo $tag->name . ', '; } } ?></code></pre> I hope this makes sense, and I appreciate any help! Thanks!