If you want to control where to break the post by ‘more’ tag, you have to
edit the loop.php of your theme and change strings 28-29 (originally)
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>
to
<?php the_content('Read More...'); ?>
You can edit this file in Appearance > Editor
Read more about the Read More before editing )
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_content
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt
http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More
So I tried this and to no avail it didn’t work. It wasn’t doing this before I installed some plugins. The only plugin, that I can seem to think it may be, is my GD Star Rating, which is the only thing that doesn’t show up before the current “read more”. When I deactivate it however, it doesn’t go away. Could this plugin somehow be the problem?
are you using the manual excerpt for your posts?
the ‘read-more’ link is hard-coded into loop.php of your theme so it will show independantly on your exerpt length and if you are using the ‘more-tag’.
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>
have you edited the loop.php template in any way?
This is my current loop.php:
[code moderated per forum rules - please use the pastebin]
I haven't edited it. Would, I also need to change something in the blog.php? I'm fairly new with wordpress so my knowledge is mediocre at best.
blog.php has the same two lines of code – the excerpt and the hard-coded ‘read more’ link:
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>
the full post content should not show unless you have added it into the manual excerpt field.
do you have any plugins activated?
These are all the plugins I have:
All in One SEO Pack
byBrick Columns
Datafeedr Random Ads V2
GD Star Rating
Sharebar
Social Login
TinyMCE Advanced
ViperBar
WP MashSocial Wigdet
WP to Twitter
Yes, I haven’t noticed that in blog.php also the same lines 47-48
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>
Did you try to edit it?
So I figured out the issue, it was my Cincopa plugin. Thank you for all the help, learned about the excerpt and content tags in the mean while 🙂
I’m having the same problem and do not see loop.php in my theme.
http://debradjwhite.com
Thanks in advance for your help!
Joy, DJ
