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1. teckn1caLity
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Is there a new glitch or is it just me? Just recently the read more tag isn't cutting off my excerpts correctly. The excerpt is maxed at 30 words, but, if I only type 20 and add a read more tag it still displays content after the read more tag? Is anyone having this issue or does anyone know how to fix it?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Have you tried:

   - deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

   - switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

3. teckn1caLity
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Just tried it and it's still doing it. This is actually the code im using

   '<?php echo excerpt(50); ?>'

   Edit: I just changed it to 40 words, gonna see how that works even thought it should be automatic when I use a read more tag, no?

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Can we see your site using Twenty Eleven?

   And the code you posted above is just plain wrong.
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt

5. teckn1caLity
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Actually, I'm using a function I found somewhere. It lets me utilize that code for multiple areas of the site so I can limit the words per each area

   This is the function

   insert: <?php echo excerpt(50); ?>

   <?php
   function excerpt($limit) {
     $excerpt = explode(' ', get_the_excerpt(), $limit);
     if (count($excerpt)>=$limit) {
       array_pop($excerpt);
       $excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt).'...';
     } else {
       $excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt);
     }
     $excerpt = preg_replace('<code>\[[^\]]*\]</code>','',$excerpt);
     return $excerpt;
   }
   
   function content($limit) {
     $content = explode(' ', get_the_content(), $limit);
     if (count($content)>=$limit) {
       array_pop($content);
       $content = implode(" ",$content).'...';
     } else {
       $content = implode(" ",$content);
     }
     $content = preg_replace('/\[.+\]/','', $content);
     $content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
     $content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);
     return $content;
   }
   ?>

   I would use the function to the link you posted but it only lets me control one excerpt and not multiple. I have areas of my site where I want more content, words in this case, than other areas - if you understand what I'm saying.

6. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 10 months ago #

   even thought it should be automatic when I use a read more tag, no?

   no

   afaik, these codes do not use the 'more tag'.

   I just changed it to 40 words, gonna see how that works

   and how did it work?

7. teckn1caLity
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   The 40 word minimum has been working fine, I guess that's a good minimum since sometimes I don't type much. Hey Alchy, if you take a look at my recent threads started I made a thread on the YD Recent Posts thumbnails.. can you take a look at my problem? I've been stumped by it for the past 3 days trying to fix it and can't come up with any solutions.

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