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the_excerpt(); tag not working

Thank you for all your help, especially @byronyasgur for your last suggestion. It helped me fix it. I was using markdown as the input format for the content, and the first line was HTML comment which was not followed by a blank line. Adding a blank line fixed it. Summary: The absence of this line … Read more

buddypress: how do i make the group description excerpt shorter?

Custom API Write a normal API wrapper function for it and place it in your functions.php theme or offer it as (mu-)plugin. Trim Words /** * Trim Words Cb fn * @link Adjusted from http://snipplr.com/view.php?codeview&id=20397 * * @param string $excerpt Input string * @param int $count Word count * @param boolean/string $more Whether to show … Read more

Mass update excerpt

Issue 1: creating the excerpt data This should be fairly easy to do directly with SQL. UPDATE wp_posts AS post INNER JOIN wp_posts AS attachment ON attachment.post_type=”attachment” AND post.ID = attachment.post_parent SET post.post_excerpt = CONCAT(‘<img src=”‘, attachment.guid,'” />’) WHERE post.post_excerpt=””; This is obviously a “one-time fix” that implies you have access to the database. If … Read more

Adding Videos as post-thumbnails (no stills, just the player in a smaller size)

You could make a plugin which adds a meta box in admin, where you can add a link to a youtube/vimeo video. The plugin should then save the url as meta data for that article when the article is saved. When listing the articles (or viewing a single one), check if the meta data value … Read more

Using Schema with `the_excerpt`

Not the best solution but this works fine: <?php remove_filter(‘the_excerpt’, ‘wpautop’); ?>

Include post title in readmore link?

If the following code is in-fact the code that is controlling your read more link then you perhaps the following may work; if ($show_more_tag) { global $post; $excerpt = $excerpt . ‘ <a class=”more-link” href=”‘ . $perma_link . ‘”>’ . get_the_title($post->ID) . ‘ </a>’; } I’ve declared global $post; again, just in case the above … Read more

Custom Excerpts Per Page

Here’s a solution that should do what you want (per your questions in comments and chat): Functions.php function wpse102641_custom_excerpt_length( $length ) { // assuming your category is called “Stories” if ( is_category( ‘Stories’ ) ) { return 50; } // return default length return $length; } add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘wpse102641_custom_excerpt_length’, 999 ); References Codex: is_category()

How to move the the_excerpt’s read more link to another div

Remove the read more with this code in your functions.php: function wpse_230169_excerpt_more($more) { return ”; } add_filter(‘excerpt_more’, ‘wpse_230169_excerpt_more’); Then in your template file just add the link wherever you want with: <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/230169/<?php the_permalink(); ?>”>Read More</a>

Hide specific content from excerpts

Ok, I’ve found the answer myself through a lot of Googling 🙂 If anyone else is struggling, this pastebin provides a solid solution for stripping out headings from the excerpts. The solution was provided by Michael at the WordPress Support Forum.

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