Title: Modify Link in excerpt
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Modify Link in excerpt

 *  [biggupp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biggupp/)
 * (@biggupp)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/)
 * [http://www.ahy4life.com/resources.php](http://www.ahy4life.com/resources.php)
 * In the middle right column in the Promotions section, the ‘Continue reading -
   >’ link is linked to the wrong page.
 * How can I correct this?
 * TIA

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/#post-3265092)
 * what theme is the site using?
 * is that ‘promotion’ done with a widget in the right column middle?
 *  Thread Starter [biggupp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biggupp/)
 * (@biggupp)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/#post-3265104)
 * Sorry, meant to include the code:
 *     ```
       <div id="globalcontent">
       <?php
       $featuredPosts = new WP_Query();
       $featuredPosts->query('showposts=5&cat=8');
       while ($featuredPosts->have_posts()) : $featuredPosts->the_post(); ?>
       <h2 style="color:#FFFFFF; background:url(http://ahy4life.com/images/right_top_header.jpg) no-repeat left top;"><center><a href="promos.php"><?php the_title(); ?></a></center></h2>
       <div>
       <style type="text/css">
   
       div a{
       color:#FFFFFF;
       }
   
       </style>
   
       <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       </div>
             </div>
             <div><img src="images/right_top_footer.jpg" alt="" /></div>
             <div style="background-color: #FFF;"></div>
       ```
   
 * _[please review how to properly mark any posted code – [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum\_Welcome#Posting\_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)
   
   the above code is partially broken/corrupted.]
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/#post-3265130)
 * the ‘continue reading’ link for the excerpt might have been done with a filter
   in functions.php of the theme;
 * see: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt#Make_the_.22read_more.22_link_to_the_post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt#Make_the_.22read_more.22_link_to_the_post)
 *  Thread Starter [biggupp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biggupp/)
 * (@biggupp)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/#post-3265157)
 * Thank you. Found the code below. What do I need to modify for the ‘promos’ category?
 *     ```
       function twentyeleven_continue_reading_link() {
       	return ' <a href="events.php">' . __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</a>';
       }
       ```
   
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/#post-3265161)
 * ‘normally’, as you might have seen in the Codex example, the link is using `the_permalink()`
   instead of a hardcode relative link.
 * I don’t know right now how and if you can create an automatic post specific relative
   link using WordPress default functions;
    try the forum search.

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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-link-in-excerpt/#post-3265161)
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