Title: Excerpt not working correctly
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Excerpt not working correctly

 *  [jhodgson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhodgson/)
 * (@jhodgson)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-not-working-correctly/)
 * I’m using a modified version of twentyten, and having an issue with the_excerpt.
   Here’s the code:
 *     ```
       <?php if ( is_archive() || is_search() || is_page('articles') ) : //Only display Excerpts for archives & search ?>
                               <div class="entry-summary"><!-- foo -->
                                       <?php the_excerpt( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>
                               </div><!-- .entry-summary -->
               <?php else : ?>
                               <div class="entry-content">
                                       <?php the_content( __( 'Continue&nbsp;reading&nbsp;<span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>
                                       <?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
                               </div><!-- .entry-content -->
               <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * This works great, but when a manual excerpt is used, the “Continue Reading” link
   disappears. Do I have to manually add this link if I want to use a custom excerpt?
   It works perfectly with the automatically generated excerpts.

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