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the_excerpt not displaying

I have a loop where I display all posts on the site, the problem is that the_excerpt is not being displayed. What am I doing wrong? <?php $all_posts = get_posts(array('numberposts' => ...
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89 views

get_the_excerpt() with fallback like the_excerpt()

You know when using the_excerpt() and no "excerpt" is set on a post it automatically uses the first 50 words or so. Is the same also possible when using get_the_excerpt() For instance I'm using ...
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129 views

How to add an excerpt and read more link to a page?

I've a custom/static "homepage.php" in my templates directory at my WordPress. Now I need to show differents "page excerpts" in my homepage, but I don't know what should be do it. At this moment I've ...
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479 views

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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64 views

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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290 views

excerpt in characters

I have code in functions.php: function string_limit_words($string, $word_limit) { $words = explode(' ', $string, ($word_limit + 1)); if(count($words) > $word_limit) array_pop($words); ...
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How to get the unfiltered excerpt, without […] or auto-excerpting

The standard way of getting an excerpt is to use the_excerpt() or get_the_excerpt() template tags. I am trying to get just the actual content of the Excerpt field. If there is an excerpt, I want to ...
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299 views

Compare the_excerpt() to the_content()

Is there a way to compare the_excerpt() to the_content() to know if the_excerpt() is actually showing the entire post content? for instance, if a post were particularly short. ultimately i'd like to ...
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51 views

Prevent Advanced Excerpt from Being Called

I have excerpts enabled for pages. In one of my page templates I want to prevent <?php the_excerpt(); ?> from initiating the Advanced Excerpt Function. Basically, I have one page template where ...
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296 views

Remove Text within Header tags in the Excerpt

With the default WordPress Excerpt function. WordPress strips the header tags (e.g. h1 tag) but keeps the unformatted text, that lies within the opening/closing of the h1 tag, displayed as part of the ...
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Reblog WordPress to another WordPress?

1.Is there any way to reblog only the excerpts of WordPress posts to another WordPress with the featured image(option to choose the size of the image we prefer) and link to the WordPress site to see ...
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314 views

Wordpress Excerpt Paragraph Limiting

I was wondering if it was possible to get the first two paragraphs and the feature image in the excerpt. I currently have the first 100 words, but would like the the first two paragraphs. What I ...
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What's the internal concatenation function for creating Excerpts with Wordpress?

I'm already familiar with the_excerpt() and get_the_excerpt() functions. These two functions relate specifically to some node/taxonomy/whatever (post, page, custom post type) inside of Wordpress, ...
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142 views

Disabling automatic teasers

I have a custom theme that displays the excerpt: $data = get_the_excerpt(); if ($data) echo "<div class='excerpt'>$data</div>"; if nothing is entered in the excerpt field in ...
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1k views

Display Links in Excerpts?

I'm having a problem with the_excerpt and can not find the answer anywhere... I simply want to allow links to be clickable when they are displayed via the_excerpt! There has to be a function for ...
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6k views

Get excerpt using get_the_excerpt outside a loop

I have a code that call get_the_title() and it works, but get_the_excerpt() return empty. How can i make it work? This code is inside a plugin called "WP Facebook Open Graph protocol". Here's the ...
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221 views

Force WordPress to NOT display the manual excerpt

I'm forced to use manual excerpts on a number of my posts to integrate them with a shortcode plugin. However, this is interfering with how they're being displayed on an archive page (using a page ...
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380 views

excerpt - don't use main content if empty

trying to stop get_the_excerpt() from defaulting to the_content() if its empty. this kinda works - well it seems to return 'xxx' so i think has_excerpt() isn't working? function get_link_excerpt(){ ...
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86 views

Excerpt Is Disappeared

My theme automatically assign before of <!--more--> tags, as excerpt.And showing excerpt on home page. Now i want to add Google Adsense after <!-- more --> code. I'm wrote this function ...
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423 views

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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972 views

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] ...