Excerpts are short texts or summaries

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How can i show only 30% of the “the_content(”More…“)”?

I'm trying to make a page that has all the posts in it and shows 30% or less of the content of the post. So I'm editing a page template and I can't figure out how to show only 30% of the content. I'm ...
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truncate post with gallery tag

I have one problem I use this function for truncate posts function truncate_post($amount,$quote_after=false) { $truncate = get_the_content(); $truncate = apply_filters('the_content', $truncate); ...
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Get post excerpt and title by specific post ID?

I'm trying to get post excerpt and title by specific post ID. My post ID is 6 and my code as follows <?php $id = 6; $post = get_post( $id ); $excerpt = get_excerpt( $id); $excerpt ...
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Customizing get_the_excerpt() to specific length and “Read More” output.

I am costuming a template. There is a list grabbing the introduction from the first 1-2 paragraphs (all the articles from a category). If I set the excerpt to 295 words, sometimes the list grabs ...
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Bulk add tag (or any sort of label) to posts who have custom excerpt

The situation is the following: The blog as of now has 2200+ posts. In the beginning (2007/2008) I was using manual excerpts where I would put an image and a little bit of text. The manual excerpt ...
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Copy SEO Meta Desc “Custom Field” to Excerpt field?

I'd really like to take all of my old posts, and automatically use the meta descriptions we have written – currently done for each post using All In One SEO Pack – and copy them to also be our post ...
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Give “Read More” precedence over excerpt() word count

By default, the_excerpt() displays the content before the <!--more-->, trimming it at ~50 words. Is there any way to prevent this trimming functionality when the <!--more--> is present, ...
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Add excerpt and post thumbnail to Buddypress blog directory page

I wonder if anyone can help me, I am trying to display excerpt and thumbnail for the posts shown in the buddypress blog directory page. By default only avatar thumb and title link to the posts are ...
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multiple excerpt length and styles

I am working on a site, which have many excerpt like text but with different style of read more or click here to read more with different length. is there a way i can make excerpt length according to ...
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Manual excerpt length on recent posts slider

I need to change the character/word limit of manual excerpts which will be displayed on recent posts slider. I think it's 55 characters right now without counting spaces and punctuation marks. Am i ...
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How to display page excerpt with readmore link inside an enhanced widget?

I'm trying to display an excerpt of a page inside an enhanced widget. I have tried the following but it doesn't work: <?php $id = 2550; $post = get_post($id); $content = ...
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Remove 'read more' link when post is shorter than excerpt

How can I remove the 'read more' link from a post excerpt on a blog/archive page when there is nothing more to read...when the length of the post is shorter than the excerpt?
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Create custom links for excerpts with php dynamically

Good Day I am using excerpts in my wordpress theme. Now in wordpress's documentation, they say wordpress does not automatically add links for the excerpts, you have to manually add them like this: ...
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simple category search form returns full text - but I need excerpts

I have member pages. I set their "membership type" as a certain category. I want to search the members now. I use this simple form that does what I need, except that I need the results to display as ...
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Using Schema with `the_excerpt`

I'm currently developing a WordPress site and want to use Schema, I have been some what successful so far but have now hit a stone wall. I want to use: itemprop="description" to the ...
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Buddypress: Edit activity when new blog post

I am trying to edit the activity on Buddypress (1.7 and running latest Wordpress) for when a new blog post is created. By default it displays the excerpt and shows any attached images, it also strips ...
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Show excerpts of posts on P2 Home page

I am looking to show the latest posts on my site home page, which is using P2 theme. I want them to be shown in excerpts. I have found the following code on a site, it said its in the entry.php file. ...
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Excerpt formatting for Google News Feed

We're currently bringing in a Google RSS News Feed using FeedWordPress and it works great. This issue is that Google uses a defined table structure in their RSS. The excerpt function has no problem ...
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Custom excerpt_more filter not working when <!--more--> tag is present

I'm doing this inside Thesis 2, in case that matters. I am using the_excerpt(); on my blog page to get the posts. And I'm using two custom filters: function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) { ...
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Wordpress not showing full text in feed

I have been reading around and I cannot figure out why (even with the full text option checked in settings) that my feed will only display excerpts of posts instead of full posts. Any ideas? here is ...
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Display Child Pages, title and excerpt on to homepage

I would like to do something like shown below, but don't know the proper code. I basically want to pull the title and excerpt of child pages and display it on the homepage. I want to be able to list ...