Excerpts are short texts or summaries
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Using the_excerpt() some posts are truncated and some are not
I have a template that pulls three posts query_posts() loop. Two of the posts and are truncated to 10 words like I have it set in a filter. The third decided to ignore the filter and is spitting out ...
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Where is the logic that defines the excerpt?
I'm trying to learn HOW to learn about WordPress by following its source code etc.
I'm really stumped at the_excerpt(). Documentation states that the_excerpt uses get_the_excerpt(), and will return ...
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How to programmatically bring back “excerpts” field in post editor in WP 3.1+
My theme uses some custom options fields, like post excerpt, that were removed from the editor screen with WP 3.1
I understand and support the intent to clean up the content workspaces. However, as a ...
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Truncating varying lengths of information
I was helped not long ago with a form of custom truncating by Toscho on this post it works very well but I'm finding that I need to create multiple length variations for different bits of content. For ...
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How to return the_excerpt (without echo)?
Hey all, I see that get_the_excerpt() echoes the post excerpt if it is manually set, but not if it is automatically generated (with just the 55 words, for example). [and its use is deprecated]
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Excerpts for Pages
I inserted an excerpt into a Page using the "More" button in WP GUI.
I have a custom loop-page.php from which I want to display the excerpt. But it appears to be empty?
Is it possible to display ...
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GET the excerpt by ID
Why is it that one cannot get the excerpt by ID like with the title and most other elements.
eg. get_the_excerpt(ID). I know how to use it with the $post->post_excerpt function but that does not ...
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How to link up “read more” on excerpts hack from WP Recipies
I found the code on the WP Recipies page to force excerpts on the home page.
http://goo.gl/1hUJJ
But how do I modify that snippet to add a hyperlink to the full post for the "..." part? Thanks for ...
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custom post data - how to
We're setting up a site to showcase a series of archival recordings. We have the custom post types sorted out thanks to all the help from this site (many, many thanks):
add_action( 'init', ...
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excerpt box not visible
i'd like to use excerpts but for some reason the excerpt editor is not visible when editing posts. i'm using wordpress v3.1 - already searched up the options but couldn't find anything .. :(
do i ...
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Excerpt vs content formatting woes
One of my posts has the following content:
This is a test post. Nothing more,
nothing less.
Three lines before the jump
<!--more-->
And a couple of more lines
after the jump.
Note: these were ...
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Post excerpt in custom meta box… help with proper php format
I have a custom meta box attached to a post type that displays ways for customers to submit new ideas. Customers are supposed to summarize their idea in 30 characters or less, which seems like a good ...
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Aggregate Summaries of Posts of Different Blogs in Multisite Instance
I have a Multisite Wordpress installation with 7 different blogs. I want to show an aggregate of the summaries of posts from those 7 blogs in the main blog. Do you know a good way to do this?
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Excerpts that don't truncate words
I know I can control the length of excerpts using a filter, however it sets the length globally. In my case I have different lengths of excerpts on three different pages.
This is what I have now. ...
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How do I filter the excerpt metabox description in admin?
I want to change the default "Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. Learn more about manual excerpts." help text below the Excerpt input area to ...
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Making oEmbed work on the excerpt field
How can I make oEmbed work on the excerpt field so I only have to paste the youtube url in there and then be able to echo 'get_the_excerpt()'?
I also want to filter oEmbed and change the wmode but I ...
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I can't modify the 'Continue reading…' link of the_excerpt
I just placed this in my functions.php (I'm using Wordpress 3.0.4):
function new_excerpt_more($more) {
global $post;
return '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">Read the ...
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the_excerpt is not limiting my post page to 55 words?
Wordpress states the following:
An excerpt is a condensed description
of your blog post and refers to the
summary entered in the Excerpt field
of the Administration > Posts > Add
New ...
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How to display retweet count and likes in the meta above the excerpt
There are several plugins that insert buttons to retweet and like into a post. You can see the count of retweets and likes at the top of single blog posts.
What I want to do is show the retweets and ...
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How can I create an “excerpt” with text that won't be displayed in the post itself?
I'm currently creating a new theme for my blog and I intend to make it in a magazine style manner.
So, to clarify the question in the title: what I want to do is to create a text assigned to the ...
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Remove image caption from post excerpt
I am currently using a wordpress plugin called "limit-posts" to better customize my post excerpts. The only issue I have is the excerpt is including the caption text from the image that is within the ...
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Using wp_trim_excerpt to get the_excerpt() outside the loop
I'm building a theme that is going to show excerpts on the homepage for potentially dozens of posts. I don't have manual excerpts on all of my posts, so $post->post_excerpt is empty for many posts. ...
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how to reset metabox excerpt to open
For some reason the excerpt box on the new posts page (post-new.php) is always closed. I can alter that with firebug, but it should be open anyway.
There is a "closed" class being added by someone ...
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Automating Excerpt
I am trying to automate editors work by automating excerpts.
My solution works but there are few problems with it:
If a post has images/broken html at the beginning it breaks the layout.
Substring ...
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Howto control manual excerpt length?
I have a website in which I need to control the displayed excerpt length.
Some of the posts might have manual excerpt so I can't use the excedrpt_length filter.
I can of course4 use somekind of ...
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Replace the Post Excerpt Meta Box with a Field in My Custom Meta Box
I've got a custom meta box for a custom post type which will be the only metabox I plan to show in the main column (except the native title box). I want to move the native Expert box/field inside my ...
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How to only show the first X words (from each post) on the home page?
How can you have it so that the site's home page will only show the first X (let's say 300) words of the post?
But without using "more" tag, or hand filled excerpts? I am looking for a plugin/hack ...
