Title: Excerpt ellipses
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Excerpt ellipses

 *  Resolved [maxwelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwelton/)
 * (@maxwelton)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-ellipses/)
 * This is a great plugin, thank you for writing and maintaining it.
 * The ellipses after the excerpt is hard-coded and cannot be removed with the filter
   you created to alter the ‘read more’ text.
 * On line 140 of `fpw_template_filters.php`, the end of the line reads
 * `'"</span> &hellip;</a>'`
 * I would suggest that html entity should both be before the span and more importantly
   within the text inserted by `$read_more_text` so it can be filtered.
 * Also, while it’s rare to find a theme without a style for `screen-reader-text`
   they do exist, and maybe the default stylesheet for fpw can hide that class?
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 *  Plugin Author [mrwweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwweb/)
 * (@mrwweb)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-ellipses/#post-6051048)
 * [@maxwelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwelton/),
 * Thanks for the suggestion. Your point is well taken. I think the ellipsis may
   actually get it’s own filter as the order matters for accessibility.
 * As for .screen-reader-text, I’ve decided to [go the way of core](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2015/01/26/supporting-screen-reader-text/)
   and require that the theme provides it. This is both because 1) the fallback 
   isn’t wrong, just lengthier, and 2) I care a lot about the issue and it feels
   like a good way to evangelize.
 * There’s also the [“.screen-reader-text” theme support plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/screen-reader-text-theme-support/)
   for those really in a pinch.
 * I’m going to mark this as resolved. I’ve made a note to add a filter in the next
   version.
 *  Plugin Author [mrwweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwweb/)
 * (@mrwweb)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-ellipses/#post-6051195)
 * [@maxwelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwelton/) Thanks again for
   your suggestions. I’ve added a new [explanation about .screen-reader-text in the forums](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-your-read-more-link-say-read-more-about-title?replies=1)
   and just released version 2.0.2 with [a new filter just for you: `fpw_read_more_ellipsis`](https://gist.github.com/mrwweb/00e24b9e8e0fe2b9bc43)!
 *  Thread Starter [maxwelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwelton/)
 * (@maxwelton)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-ellipses/#post-6051208)
 * Many thanks for the updates!

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 * Status: resolved