WordPress.org

1. kulani
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I am handcrafting excerpts for all my posts and want to add a "Read more..." tag right after the excerpt on the index page.

   I can't find a solution on how to do this. Tried the "the-excerpt-reloaded.php" plug-in but that doesn't help me either. Do I need to change the functions.php? If yes, how would I go about that? Thanks for your help!

2. Shane G
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Hi,

   You need to edit the index.php file of your theme and replace the_content with the_excerpt

   Thanks,

   Shane G.

3. kulani
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I've done that already - but how do I get the "Read more..." added to it without a line break?

4. xiann
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I did this in the functions.php file in my theme to remove the markup and the [...]

   <?php
   function change_excerpt($content) {
   	$content = str_replace('[...]','...',$content); // remove [...], replace with ...
   	$content = strip_tags($content); // remove HTML
   	return $content;
   }
   add_filter('the_excerpt','change_excerpt');
   ?>

   Then I put this in place of the_content('Read more'); in my theme:

   <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read more</a></p>

   Works for me!

5. kulani
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Perfect! Many thanks!

Reply

You must log in to post.