Without seeing the html output for the excerpt thumbnails it is difficult to say why your code is not working. However I would also look into str_replace (http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php) as a possible solution to your problem.
Twenty Eleven uses already a conditional statement in content.php to show the excerpt in search results – <?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ? edit this conditional to include the other templates where you want to show the excerpt; example: <?php if ( is_search() || is_home() || is_archive() ) … Read more
“I want to modify the get_the_title function” — Do you mean you want to modify WordPress’s get_the_title(), or simply modify what it returns? If the former, I must strongly advise against it. You shouldn’t hack core files in WordPress. If you want to modify what it returns, use the the_title filter.
I am not sure this a WordPress question. It is really more just bad PHP but since that is a filter, in the spirit of fostering good will… Your function is returning a variable-name function that doesn’t exist, and none of your operations are saved at all. You are processing the string but you aren’t … Read more
You can pass in HTML formatting within custom excerpts and output it via the_excerpt() or get_the_excerpt() in your template files. Check your template files for additional custom filters added to the_excerpt() or get_the_excerpt() if the HTML formatting is removed anyway.
you already called get_post() then why you are not getting the excerpt from post data, like this. $post = get_post( $pageid ); $excerpt = $post->post_excerpt; // get post content $content = $post->post_content; for more information about get_post() see the WordPress codex
excerpt_length filter does not work on manually added filter so you use wp_trim_excerpt function, you can develop code same as following to achieve it. <?php if( has_excerpt() ){ the_excerpt(); } else { wp_trim_excerpt(); } ?> excerpt_more does not work on WordPress version 2.8.x and Older for those versions you have to use following filter. <?php … Read more
Add remove_filter(‘get_the_excerpt’, ‘bwp_trim_excerpt’);, or whatever you’ve named your callback, just before the slideshow runs and add it back after. Without the actual code for both your callback and the slider I don’t think I can do better.
get_the_excerpt on mobile still displays continue reading
There are ways to write the code more efficiently, though not necessarily WordPress-specific. Only pass necessary args to your get_posts() calls The only critical args you need are posts_per_page and category; you can omit the rest Make an array of category IDs, and loop through the array Loop through an array of category IDs, so … Read more