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1. object81
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I want to show shortcodes in my excerpt. By default WP strips out all shortcodes, but then my experpt text is often incomplete.

   I use the Wikipop Plugin to generate hyperlinks to Wikipedia. Like when the post starts with: This article is all about [wikipop]Bill Gates[/wikipop], the founder of Microsoft..., WP doesn't just strip out the shortcode tags, but also whats between them. In this case the name Bill Gates. The excerpt then looks like: This article is all about , the founder of Microsoft...

   I have tried all kinds of suggestions, but nothing seems to work here. I use a Child Theme of TwentyTen and have added the following to my functions.php:
   

   add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');
   	add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode', 5 );

   I also tried the following within the loop:
   <?php echo do_shortcode(get_the_excerpt()); ?>

   I'm stuck here, appreciate ANY help.

2. cubecolour
   ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This in your functions.php should do it:
   

   add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'shortcode_unautop');
   add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');

3. object81
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for your advice. But that doesn't work for me.

4. rlgrobert
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Those two lines aren't working for me either. Any ideas? I'm on WP3.0.5.

5. rlgrobert
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Clarification: The two lines of code work fine for me when an excerpt is manually entered for a post. However, if I have not entered a separate excerpt, the_excerpt() pulls the first few lines of text from the content, and in this case the shortcodes are not executed.

   Is there a way for these filters to be applied to the_excerpt() on posts where the excerpt text is automatically generated?

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