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1. carlocab123
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I want to excerpt all my posts in the homepage and /page to a number of words.

   I would also like to add a "Click here" to continue text below it. Something like this:

   Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet I don't knwo whats next...

   Click Here to Continue >

   How do I code that in php? I saw the hemingway theme did it, but I can't understand because all the code is in the funtions.php

   I would really appreciate your help guys.
   Thanks

2. shadow
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   One method:

   <?php the_excerpt(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Click here to continue</a>

3. carlocab123
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Shadow,

   Thank you for that but it's not the one I'm looking for.

   I need a code that will automatically excerpt all my posts in the homepage and /page like what the theme hemingway did.

   Thanks.

4. shadow
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Well, if you put that code in the index.php and page.php files in your theme to replace <?php the_content(); ?>, it will be automatic.

   Or do you mean you want it to automatically happen without changing anything?

5. carlocab123
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I used the code you gave me above:

   <?php the_excerpt(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Click here to continue</a>

   Although it excerpted the posts automatically, is there a way to choose how many words will it show before the cut?

   I also want to remove the '[…]' and turn it into '...'

   Thanks

6. shadow
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You may want to try Kafkaesqui's excellent plugin as an alternative.

   http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the_excerpt-reloaded/

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