If the document (Excel spreadsheet?) is inserted into a post/page, then that file is a ‘Media’ item, and the content is as it existed when you upload/inserted it. If you want a dynamic document, then you could use something like DropBox or Google Drive to contain the file, giving permissions to anyone that has the … Read more
If you have direct access to your WordPress database, you could use a tool like PHPMyAdmin or HeidiSQL to query the post and user tables and extract the information you need from the appropriate tables. I discuss how an SQL query is constructed to get specific categories in Does WordPress Offer A Way to Get … Read more
add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, function($length) { return 400; }, 999 ); add_filter(‘excerpt_more’, function($more) { return ”; }); another edit: this will cut words at the end, not in the middle of some word. I’m sorry if I understood the request wrong. And be free to change 400 to any amount of words you want to show. add … Read more
you will just do the the_excerpt(); in search loop like this Following is the code that goes in search.php <?php if(have_posts()):while (have_posts()):the_post();?> <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/214112/<?php the_permalink(); ?>”> <h3 class=”title-heading”><?php the_title(); ?></h3> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> </a> <?php endwhile; else:”No matching result found”; endif; ?>
Easy way is use – excerpt() else you can also use wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 40, ‘…’ ); In a excerpt(), You have to add content on excerpt in backend. While wp_trim_words will trim words from content. In sidebar case you have to add shortcode into functions.php file which uses in sidebar widget(if you are using widgets). … Read more
Very simple answer. Yes, what you’re describing is possible. 🙂
I’ve found a workaround. $content = get_post_field( ‘post_content’, $latest_post[“ID”] ); $content = strip_tags($content); $content = wp_trim_words($content); and then just echo $content instead of the excerpt
Your query is structured a little weird. $my_query = new WP_Query( array( ‘posts_per_page’ => 5 ) ); if ( $my_query->have_posts() ) { while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) { $the_query->the_post(); // Your desired template code } // Close while() // Restore original Post Data wp_reset_postdata(); } // Close if() This should be all you need to set … Read more
wpautop has got to be my least favorite part of working with WordPress. Just when everything else is working, it sticks its fingers into everything… The problem has to do with filter priority, as you noted earlier. In the case of the excerpt, we’re interested in the filter get_the_excerpt. I haven’t been able to figure … Read more
No, it is not possible. you will want to use WP_Query() Here is the Codex Article on that. Example: <?php // Query All Pages $my_query = new WP_Query( ‘post_type=page’ ); // The Loop while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) : $my_query->the_post(); echo ‘<h2>’ . get_the_title() . ‘</h2><p>’ . get_the_excerpt() . ‘</p>’; endwhile; ?>