Title: Post Grid Questions Last modified: November 30, 2018 --- # Post Grid Questions * Resolved [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/) * Hello, * I just started using Post Grid and had a couple technical questions I was hoping you could help with! 1) Is it possible to display a facebook image as the image that Post Grid shows? I use an FB Embed shortcode such as this one: [fb_pe url =”[https://www.facebook.com/AcaciaPomskyPuppies/photos/pcb.805061806366707/805061269700094/?type=3″](https://www.facebook.com/AcaciaPomskyPuppies/photos/pcb.805061806366707/805061269700094/?type=3″); bottom=””]. Anyway I could get this to show as the image displayed by Post Grid? * 2) Is it possible to change the “Read More” text? I like this function, but I’d like it to read “See More Photos”. Is that possible? * 3) I’m using Post Grid with the Search & Filter Pro Plugin. I have some custom fields (post meta) that Search & Filter Pro uses to filter the page. Is it possible to show this post meta on the Post Grid Display? For example, one of the custom fields is “State”. So if the state is California, I would like Post Grid to show“ California” in a similar way that it displays categories. Is this possible? * 4) Is it possible to show more text than the excerpt? It looks like the excerpt is limited to around 100 characters. Is it possible to increase this so I can show a bigger excerpt on the post grid page? * Any advice/insight is appreciated! Thanks! * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpost-grid-questions%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [PickPlugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pickplugins/) * (@pickplugins) * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-10938240) * Thanks for your post. * #1. this isn’t possible right now, but there is a filter hook for thumbnail you can filter by your own HTML. please see the documentation. [https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_html_media/](https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_html_media/) * #2. Yes, its possible to change read more text via layout editor. * #3. Yes its also possible to display custom meta field data via filter hook via available filter hook for grid elements, like you can display custom text under post title via this filter hook [https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_title/](https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_title/) * #4, Yes, this is also possible via filter hook, please see this [https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_excerpt/](https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_excerpt/) * Let me know for more help. * Regards * Thread Starter [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11003319) * Hello, sorry for they delayed reply on this. I have a couple followup questions. * When you say “Yes, its possible to change read more text via layout editor.”. What is the layout editor? Sorry if this is a simple question. Where can I find the layout editor to edit this, is this part of the Post Grid plugin? * Is there an easy way to add hooks? I have limited coding ability so editing my core theme files worries me. Any plugins or something I could use to add these hooks without me risking messing up my core files? * Thanks for the help! * Thread Starter [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11003660) * One other question now that I think of it. Post grid displays the “Featured” image of the post. Is there anyway to change this and display a different image? I have a featured image for each post, but I want post grid to display a different image that I select (not the featured image). Is that possible? * Plugin Author [PickPlugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pickplugins/) * (@pickplugins) * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11005534) * Hi, please follow * #1, please see the screenshot how to go layout editor * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/pxfA4EL) * Please see how to change read more text * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/ZEWb6Yl) * Also, check this video how does layout editor works * Sorry to say there is no option to display others image on the free version, but in the pro version, there is an option to custom image * Please see how it works * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/G60mDOY) * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/SQfGw0A) * Let me know for more help. Regards * Thread Starter [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11080019) * Hello again. I’ve looked to edit my “read more” text as you show here [https://imgur.com/ZEWb6Yl](https://imgur.com/ZEWb6Yl) but this is not an option on my end. See [this photo](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Read-More.png) of how read more looks on my end. Why do I not have the “read more text” textbox like you are seeing? * Also, is there anyway to format excerpt text? See [how it currently looks](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Excerpt-Format.png), notice there are not page breaks in between sentences (i drew in red where I want page breaks to be) versus [how I want it to look with page breaks](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Excerpt-Desired-Format.png). Any suggestions on how to format this? Maybe a third party plugin? Thanks! * Plugin Author [PickPlugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pickplugins/) * (@pickplugins) * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11085185) * Hi, i have taken screenshot form pro version, but feature also available in free version. * You need to remove existing “read more” element and then again add new “read more” element. then read more text option will appear. * Please note, HTML tag will be removed on the excerpt, if you need styling/filter the excerpt there is a filter hook for the excerpt, you can override excerpt. Please see this documentation [https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_excerpt/](https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_excerpt/) * Let me know for more help. Regards * Thread Starter [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11105816) * Thank you very much. Just two more questions. * 1) I have added the hook as [described here](https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_grid_item_excerpt/). What do I do now to achieve [this desired formatting](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Excerpt-Desired-Format.png)? Notice in that image I want each line of text on a separate line. How do I do that with the hook? This is [how it looks now](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Excerpt-Hook-HTML-Formatting.png), I assume I need to replace the ‘before’ and ‘after’ from the hook with some type of HTML but I don’t know what type of HTML would give me a line break after every sentence? Any suggestions for what to do now? I tried using the
break, but with this hook it adds the break ‘before’ and ‘after’ the excerpt. I need it within the excerpt such as after the line “POA Member:” and after the line“ New Litter:”. * 2) How do I reduce the amount of space between the “read more” button and the excerpt? See [this image](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Excerpt-Hook-HTML-Formatting.png), notice there is a lot of space between the last line of the excerpt and the “ See More Photos” button. How can I reduce this? * Thanks! * Thread Starter [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11105984) * Another question actually. Previously you provided me with this hook: [https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_html_media/](https://www.pickplugins.com/documentation/post-grid/filter-hooks/filters-post_grid_filter_html_media/) * Could you describe what this does and what I need to modify in the hook? Could I use this to display an external image URL as thumbnail? Or is this only for internal URLs? Could you give a bit more info on what this does and how I can use it? * Thanks! * Thread Starter [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * (@jmu289) * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11119114) * Another question! (Sorry to send you so many at once). * I have a shortcode that I custom coded. The shortcode is [cfsval key=”poa_adv_member” post_id=4609] * This shortcode displays, on the front end, the value of the custom meta field“ poa_adv_member”. * Is there a way to show this shortcode in my PostGrid Excerpt? Right now, the excerpt does not display anything.It is blank in the excerpt. Probably because I did not add any code the the PostGrid plugin, so it does not recognize the shortcode. * You can see how the shortcode displays here on this page: [https://pomskyownersassociation.com/topic/acacia-pomskies/](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/topic/acacia-pomskies/) And you can see here in the PostGrid excerpt that the shortcode does not display: [https://pomskyownersassociation.com/lessons/available-pomskies-portal/](https://pomskyownersassociation.com/lessons/available-pomskies-portal/) * For reference, this is the code I added to my functions.php file of my theme to display the shortcode: “”, ‘post_id’ => “”,), $atts ); * if(!empty($a[‘key’]) && !empty($a[‘post_id’])){ * return CFS()->get( $a[‘key’], $a[‘post_id’]); } } add_shortcode( ‘cfsval’, ‘ cfs_values’ ); * ?> Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Post Grid Questions’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/post-grid/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3295086) * [Post Grid](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-grid/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-grid/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-grid/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-grid/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-grid/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-grid/reviews/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [jmu289](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmu289/) * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-grid-questions/#post-11119114) * Status: resolved