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1. antishape
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hello,

   I need help with the_excerpt filters. Here's the code I have right now in the functions.php
   

   function new_excerpt_length($length) {
   	return 75;
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');
   function excerpt_read_more_link($output) {
    global $post;
    return $output . '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> read more...</a>';
   }

   In my opinion it doesn't make sense to have [...] right after the 75 words and below a link to read more. I want the "read more" link instead of [...] and tried to add right after the code above:
   

   function new_excerpt_more($more) {
   	return '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> read more...</a>';
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

   But turns out it's wrong. Any idea how to do it the right way? Thanks!

2. NateJacobs
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   function xyz_new_excerpt_more($more)
   {
   	return '<a class="read_more" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . 'Read More' . '</a>';
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_more', 'xyz_new_excerpt_more');

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