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1. djr3110
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi, I have set my archive page to show the excerpt automatically effectivelly allowing WP to truncate the post after 55 words. All that is cool, but I have comments from some readers that the [...] symbol at the end of the excerpt does hyper link to the post. Unlike the more tag method. Does anyone know how I can make the [...] hyperlink to the post or indeed if I can add Read More using the_excerpt fuction.

   Any help would be great

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi

   Here's some code someone posted the other day that does just that

   Replace Excerpt [...] ellipse with user-defined text
   (put in functions.php)

   function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
      return str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read more...</a>', $text); }
   add_filter('the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');

   If, however, you are writing your own excerpts and want to add a Read More permalink, replace:
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   with this:
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?><span class="read_more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">[ Read More &rarr; ]</a></span>

3. djr3110
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   That works like a dream and I've spent so long trying to find a solution thank you so much

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