“Read More..” not working.

noshowmojo
(@noshowmojo)

15 years, 1 month ago

Hi

So I want to show just excerpts on the main blog page ok.

I’ve read about two ways to do this

1)
<?php the_content('Read More...'); ?>

This doesn’t seem to do anything for me.

2)
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

This cuts off the full length of the post but it just shows a nasty little […] with no clickable link at the end.

So I’ve tried changing to:

<?php the_excerpt('Read More...'); ?>

But still just the nasty […]

Help please.

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Chris_K
(@handysolo)

15 years, 1 month ago

Your option 1 won’t work unless you also add the more tag to the posts (it’s a button in the post editor).

You might also want to check out Customizing_the_Read_More in the Docs section.

Thread Starter noshowmojo
(@noshowmojo)

15 years, 1 month ago

Thats brilliant. Thanks!

com3
(@com3)

14 years, 12 months ago

holy win! i started trying to rewrite all kindsa stuff only to realize that there was a !—more—- tag! hahaha! thanks a ton!

inspiremedia
(@inspiremedia)

14 years, 11 months ago

Ok, I have been searching around for hours for a solution. I am using the < 1–more– > tag in my article post and it is working properly. However, the read more link does not show up. I know it is my theme that I am using that is causing the problem, but how can I resolve the problem without changing the theme. I have added all kinds of code, but it still does not work. The website is http://www.contagiouschiropractic.com.

yetimade
(@yetimade)

14 years, 3 months ago

Hey, I had the same problem as noshowmojo only, when I use the <!–more–> tag either manually or in the WP pannel, it does not work. What am I doing incorrectly?

Shane G.
(@shane-g-1)

14 years, 3 months ago

Hi,

Refer this article:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More

Also refer these plugins;

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpt-editor/

Thanks,

Shane G.

dragonsjaw
(@dragonsjaw)

14 years, 3 months ago

And I just saw this today:
digwp.com/2010/01/wordpress-more-tag-tricks/

Lots of good info for the more tag
samuelpage
(@samuelpage)

14 years, 3 months ago
Hey All,

This is probably because you’ve got the posts returning on a page, rather than the default index which is just returning posts.

By default the ‘read more’ link is disabled on a page, so you have to set the variable to enable it, change:
```
<?php the_content('Read the full article...'); ?>
```
to
```
<?php
global $more;
$more = 0;
the_content('Read the full article...');
?>
```
Hope that helps!
jimisdon
(@jimisdon)

14 years, 2 months ago

samuelpage,
Thank you. I just started looking for an answer to this problem, and it was looking like I had a long night ahead of me. Glad you responded to this thread.