Filter the_content() in the Quote Post Format to Display Quotes

Question

I'm customizing a theme for a client and I want to leverage post formats.

On the quote post format I would like

the_content();

to be wrapped in a two spans that contains quotation marks that I could style and position. Is this possible?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Try

$content = get_the_content();
$content = '<span>"</span>'.$content.'<span>"</span>';

echo apply_filters('the_content', $content);

CSS Solution:

<blockquote>
    <?php the_content(); ?>
</blockquote>

blockquote:before{
   content: '"';
}

blockquote:after{
   content: '"';
}

Answer 2

Similar to @sisir but a slightly different take on a few of the specifics. For functions.php:

add_action( 'the_content', 'add_quotes_to_quote' );
function add_quotes_to_quote( $content ) {
    if( get_post_format() == "quote" ) {
        return '<span class="openquote">"</span>' . $content . '<span class="closequote">"</span>';
    }
}

If you're using post_class() and don't need perfect browser support, you can use CSS something like this (.entry-content being some wrapping element around your body content):

.format-quote .entry-content:before,.format-quote .entry-content:after {
    display:inline-block;
    content:'"';
    /* your styles */
}