display public excerpt for private post

Question

Thank you in advanced. I know there are plugins that can do this, but I am looking for a simple solution for my function file. I would like to display the excerpt for all posts with the more tag for public visitors, even for private posts.

Answer 1

I've not tested this, but you should be able to complete this task by placing the following code in your template above the loop.

query_posts(
    array(
        'post_status' => array(
            'published',
            'private'
        )
    )
);

This should allow for published and private posts to be displayed in that template.