How to make excerpt say ‘More…’

  • Resolved aseenus

    (@aseenus)


    14 years, 3 months ago

    On one of my sites I got the excerpt working perfectly however the theme on another site I’m working on is really drilling me!

    On the site that works I put this into the functions

    <?php
function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
   return str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">More »</a>', $text); }
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');
?>

    and it works fine but on this site the functions is a little messed up because I’m not using a custom theme but a theme I just downloaded and this is whats in the functions..

    <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
{
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Sidebar Top','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Sidebar Left','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Sidebar Right','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Sidebar Bottom','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Footer Left','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Footer Center','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Footer Right','before_widget' => '','after_widget' => '','before_title' => '<h3>','after_title' => '</h3>'));
} 

remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_trim_excerpt');

remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_trim_excerpt');

function custom_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed
global $post;
	if ( '' == $text ) {
		$text = get_the_content('');

		$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );

		$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
		$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
		$text = strip_tags($text);
		$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 90);
		$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
		if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
			array_pop($words);
			array_push($words, '...');
			$text = implode(' ', $words);
		}
	}
	return $text;
}

?>

    I realize that here array_push($words, '...'); is where the more part is however how can I make it like the other site where it does not only display dots or words but it also links into the post.

    Thank you in advance!

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    have you tried to put:
    $text = str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">More »</a>', $text);
    after:
    $text = implode(' ', $words);

    Shane G.

    (@shane-g-1)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    Check with these plugins:

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpt-editor/
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

    Thread Starter aseenus

    (@aseenus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    I tried this:

    array_pop($words);
			array_push($words, '...');
			$text = implode(' ', $words);
                        $text = str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">More »</a>', $text);

    Didn’t work 🙁

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    hi, i gave you the wrong string to replace – the array_push($words,, '...'); actually does not have the square brackets –

    could be worth another try:

    $text = str_replace('...', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">More »</a>', $text);

    Thread Starter aseenus

    (@aseenus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    I just tried that alch, it took away the … at the end of posts and made nothing be there instead :S

    rekk1986

    (@rekk1986)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Oh You can see in the tab writing posts, and in posting form you can see the button have name”excerpt”

    Thread Starter aseenus

    (@aseenus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Oh You can see in the tab writing posts, and in posting form you can see the button have name”excerpt”

    What? In the writing section I don’t see anything with ‘excerpt”

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    i installed the filter on my blog, and it works — i know this is no help, really 🙁
    what puzzles me the most, is that the str_replace just took the … out without putting anything into place??
    instead of replacing the string, what about putting it into the $text at the point of ‘array_push’?

    function custom_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed
global $post;

	if ( '' == $text ) {
		$text = get_the_content('');

		$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );

		$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
		$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
		$text = strip_tags($text);
		$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 75);
		$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
		if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
			array_pop($words);
			array_push($words, ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">More »</a>');
			$text = implode(' ', $words);
		}
	}
	return $text;
}

    Thread Starter aseenus

    (@aseenus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    That worked, Thank you everyone for your help and effort, much appreciated 😀

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