excerpt

The are two quick ways to display custom excerpt lengths in your theme using wp_trim_words. Remember, if you use the_excerpt(), your excerpt length will always be a maximum of 55, never more. If you use the_content() on the other hand, you can specify an excerpt length of more than 55 words. Use the following to … Read more

Just add the filter where you need it. Define the filter callback in functions.php but don’t add the filter… // Changing excerpt more function new_excerpt_more($post) { return ‘ <a class=”read_more” href=”‘. get_permalink($post->ID) . ‘”>’ . ‘read more’ . ‘</a>’; } In your template file just before you need the custom more link: add_filter(‘excerpt_more’, ‘new_excerpt_more’); And … Read more

If you’re using the Twenty Eleven theme I think you need to remove that theme’s filter before you can define your own: remove_filter( ‘excerpt_more’, ‘twentyeleven_auto_excerpt_more’ ); edit building from t-p try this: add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘my_child_theme_setup’ ); function my_child_theme_setup() { remove_filter( ‘excerpt_more’, ‘twentyten_auto_excerpt_more’ ); } In case you are using twentyeleven, use “twentyeleven_auto_excerpt_more” instead of ‘twentyten_auto_excerpt_more’

You need to call remove_post_type_support() in your functions.php like that: /** * Remove unwanted features. */ add_action(‘init’, ‘my_theme_remove_post_type_support’); function my_theme_remove_post_type_support() { remove_post_type_support(‘post’, ‘excerpt’); }