Title: "Read More" for Posts Shortcode.
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# "Read More" for Posts Shortcode.

 *  [paulluxford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulluxford/)
 * (@paulluxford)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-for-posts-shortcode/)
 * Hi there,
 * Does anyone know how to add in “Read More” links to the Posts Shortcode. Its 
   is working great, but on the excerpts it displays “[…]” and I would like to replace
   that with a Read More as a link to read the remainder of the post.
 * Thank you very much for your help.
 * Paul
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/)

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 *  [Joy_M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joy_m/)
 * (@joy_m)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-for-posts-shortcode/#post-6009081)
 * I’m in the same boat as Paul, if anyone has any guidance it would be greatly 
   appreciated.
 *  [Joy_M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joy_m/)
 * (@joy_m)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-for-posts-shortcode/#post-6009082)
 * Paul, just wanted you to know that I got over myself and my fears and went into
   the PHP of Shortcodes Ultimate and made it work.
 * I think we will have to keep making the same change every time Shortcodes Ultimate
   gets updated, but I added one line of code and it worked for me just now:
 *     ```
       <div class="su-post-excerpt">
       <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       <!-- Add this line here--> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read more »</a>
       </div>
       <a href="<?php comments_link(); ?>" class="su-post-comments-link"><?php comments_number( __( '0 comments', 'su' ), __( '1 comment', 'su' ), '% comments' ); ?></a>
       ```
   
 * In mine, I wrapped the “read more” permalink in a span class so I could style
   it, but it seems to work ok as is… until Shortcodes Ultimate gets updated!

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 * Last reply from: [Joy_M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joy_m/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-for-posts-shortcode/#post-6009082)
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