Title: Remove … from excerpt Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Remove … from excerpt * Resolved [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/) * Using a Twenty ten child theme, how can I completely remove the … after the excerpt? I know how to change the continue reading text, which I have done. I’ve also tried code snippets posted on these forums, but they leave behind a […] instead. * This is one post I found, the code posted dind’t work for me. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-continue-reading-from-twentyten?replies=16](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-continue-reading-from-twentyten?replies=16) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 26 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931078) * Always check the Codex first. [See this, from the entry for the_excerpt()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt#Only_in_version_2.9_and_higher_of_WordPress). * You need to use the `excerpt_more` filter. For example, to completely remove the “[…]”: * ``` function new_excerpt_more($more) { return ''; } add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more'); ``` * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931079) * [edit] Oops, too late. * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931082) * Thanks, but it didn’t seem to do anything * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931085) * Where did you put that code? * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931090) * in my functions.php * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931096) * Just to test, try this: * ``` function new_excerpt_more($more) { return 'Can you hear me now?'; } add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more'); ``` * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931109) * No change with that. I’m not sure if this matters, but I did change the continue reading link * Here is my functions file [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/q55EDZnd](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/q55EDZnd) * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931112) * I don’t see the excerpt_more filter anywhere in your functions.php file? * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931113) * It’s in my current one, here it is with the code in it [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/XyfJaDBG](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/XyfJaDBG) * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931121) * First thing to try: comment-out the gettext filter, to determine if it is potentially interfering with the excerpt_more filter? * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931123) * I commented out `add_filter('gettext', array('Twentyten_Child_Text_Wrangler',' reading_more'), 10, 4);` it’s still showing the … though * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931135) * I tried that code above into a new child theme with just that in the functions and it doesn’t remove the … part * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931136) * Maybe try wrapping the add_filter call in an add_action( after_setup_theme… hook, as you have with your change_excerpt_length() function? * ``` function change_excerpt_more(){ function new_excerpt_more($more) { return 'Can you hear me now?'; } add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more'); } add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'change_excerpt_more' ); ``` * Thread Starter [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/) * (@zeaks) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931140) * hmm, well that removes it, but it’s also removed the text part of it. Thanks for all the help btw * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-from-excerpt-1/#post-1931148) * What “text part”? It should only be removing the default “[…]”. 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