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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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apply_filters() and the_excerpt are giving unexpected results
I feel like I must be missing something pretty obvious, here, but I can't seem to get WordPress to cooperate.
I'm generating Facebook OG tags with a function. Everything works fine, except for the ...
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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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How to override function in functions.php of parent theme?
I have created child of theme twentyten. I tried to override function written below
/**
* Returns a "Continue Reading" link for excerpts
*
* @since Twenty Ten 1.0
* @return string "Continue ...
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When is wp_trim_excerpt() called?
There doesn't appear to be any reference to wp_trim_excerpt() outside of it's declaration - I've checked both the Trac and Xref - when does it work its magic?
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First three images in post excerpt
I have certain posts that are nothing but [gallery] with quite a few images in them. Is there a way to define an auto generated excerpt to only display the first three images for these posts on the ...
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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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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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The excerpt: Display text OR image OR video
Is it possible to adjust the excerpt so it will show text or one image or one video?
The following codes makes it possible to show all of the above, but i'd really like to limit that, dependent of ...
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How to get attachment caption (get_the_excerpt gives parent post excerpt) ?
I am displaying the attachments on the parent post page with this code :
$args = array('post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order'=> 'ASC', 'numberposts' => ...
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How to call the_excerpt() with tags or the_content() as an excerpt?
Is it possible to call the_excerpt() with tags intact? I'd like to create a excerpted listing of my posts in a specific category, but I'd also like the links and formatting carried over from the post ...
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How to include line-breaks in the_excerpt?
how can I include a line-break inside the_excerpt. I’ve modified the length and the more-button via my functions.php. I’m using teaser for every blog-entry and sometimes it looks a bit ugly, that ...
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the_excerpt(), get_the_excerpt() and the_content() all killing “the Loop”
Before I call the_excerpt(), the_permalink() displays the correct thing. Afterwards, it does not...
<?php
global $query_string;
//strip out the ...
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How to show video from specific category on sidebar?
I need to get video and content from recent posts in specific category called "Video" and show it on my sidebar.
The problem is when I need to have limited text content. so, when I use the_content(); ...
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Remove “Continue Reading” Link From the Teaser Excerpt Only
I want to remove the "Continue Reading" link from the teaser excerpt only and not from the automatic excerpt, which filter is easily available.
This is the original code; it's from the Showcase ...
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Getting the_excerpt to link to child pages [closed]
I'm using the Twentyeleven 'continue reading' function for my excerpts
function twentyeleven_continue_reading_link() {
return ' <a href="'. esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '">' . __( 'Read more', ...
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Combining the_excerpt with the_content
I have some html:
<div class="container">
<p class="accent">The first paragraph...</p>
<p>The rest of the article...</p>
</div>
I'd like to put "the_excerpt" in ...
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the_excerpt() not showing manual excerpt for Pages
I have enabled the excerpt feature for pages in my wordpress theme -
add_action( 'init', 'my_add_excerpts_to_pages' );
function my_add_excerpts_to_pages() {
add_post_type_support( ...
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How to use the_excerpt in a filter hook?
I was hoping to process the_excerpt just like one would with the_content, but no such luck.
How can I pass the excerpts of a Posts Page, through my plugin? I've tried variations on this:
...
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Limit the_excerpt with max of x characters
What I'm trying to do:
I want to display the_excerpt, but I have a maximum of x characters the_excerpt may use, but I don't want to display a couple of characters of a word, only whole words.
Some ...
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Adding Videos as post-thumbnails (no stills, just the player in a smaller size)
I’m using Excerpts with post-thumbnails on my startsite. Adding Images is working pretty fine. But how can I embed a video from vimeo or youtube as a post-thumbnail? Just the video in a smaller size, ...
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Different 'read more' links
Is there an easy way to add another 'read more' link? I'm using the standard 'continue reading' link for some posts but I also want to use a different text like 'more info' for other posts. Can I do ...
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Add $more_link_text parameter to the_excerpt()
this filter is on the Wordpress Codex …
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');
function new_excerpt_more($more) {
global $post;
return '<a class="moretag" href="'. ...
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the_excerpt(); tag not working
I am having a problem with the the_excerpt(); tag which I am using in my own theme in the index.php and archive.php files. The code is below:
index.php
<?php get_header(); ?>
<section ...
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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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How to obtain a reference to the_excerpt() from custom loop
I have a script in archive.php, which is outside the loop, that calls on the function get_blog_links() to list all posts that belong the the current category (my "blog" category).
I'm trying to do ...
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Content/Excerpt length control for a specific loop?
Is it possible to control the length of the content or excerpt for a specific query/loop?
I have come across the following code, but this changes the length for all excerpts, I want it focused on a ...
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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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How to change the length of excerpt() method?
I am using the_excerpt() method to display some wordings from the blog posts.
I have read the post from this link.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/excerpt_length
But my ...
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How to make the excerpt_more filter apply to the actual post excerpt?
In the get_blog_excerpt() function below, the excerpt_more filter works perfectly when the post excerpt is not present, however, when the post has an excerpt, I'm not getting the "Read More" link.
I ...
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the_excerpt - want to modify password protected output
I'm looking to modify the output of the_excerpt when there isn't an excerpt specified and the post is password protected. I already can modify the password protected form to whatever I want, but ...
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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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1answer
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How to disable the_excerpt from one post
I have this code for the_excerpt :
function get_excerpt(){
$excerpt = get_the_content();
$excerpt = preg_replace(" (\[.*?\])",'',$excerpt);
$excerpt = strip_shortcodes($excerpt);
...
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Problem on the_excerpt(); function <the_excerpt> <the_content>
I am working on wordpress but I have problem when I write
the_content('read more');
then on indexpage each post load full data of post but I want to
but when I am using the_excerpt();
then ...
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Two “the_excerpt” questions
In case there's more than one function the exact one is:
php the_excerpt();
I want to decrease the character length to X amount and I want to remove the [...] and replace it with an image that users ...
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How to remove “Read on” content in the_excerpt?
I know the_content has the handy dandy $strip_teaser argument that lets you set whether there is "continue reading" text. No such luck for the_excerpt...
I would like to just get rid of it. I had ...
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Giving the_excerpt in the place of the_content?
Short and sweet — I wanted to deliver up the excerpt of a post in the place of the_content on certain pages. Naturally, if no excerpt is present one would be generated from the content. I ...
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Calling the_excerpt from inside a plugin template file
Im trying to use the_excerpt form inside a plugins template file, plugin is wp-favorite-posts by default the plugin only lists and displays the saved post title, i have manged to get it to show ...
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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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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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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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how can I list recent posts' excerpts
I am using this directly from the codex to list 3 recent articles titles.
<ul>
<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => '3');
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
foreach( ...
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the_excerpt and shortcodes
I'm using the_excerpt on my index page. I'm also using a dropcap shortcode at the beginning of each of my posts. On the index page the posts will not display the letter with the dropcap shortcode ...
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the_excerpt() and <— more --> tag
On my archive page, the_excerpt() does not display content before the more tag, but a cut of the post's full content. I'm obliged to fulfill the "Excerpt" in the post editor which will override it. ...
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Force WordPress to NOT display the manual excerpt
I'm forced to use manual excerpts on a number of my posts to integrate them with a shortcode plugin. However, this is interfering with how they're being displayed on an archive page (using a page ...
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How do I pull excerpts from pages?
So I enabled custom excerpts on my pages with this function.
add_action('init', 'page_excerpts');
function page_excerpts() {
add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
}
However, When I enter ...
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Custom page template how to check is_page from functions.php?
Have a custom page template and trying to make the excerpt length dynamical depending on what page you are in.
Functions.php
<?php
function custom_excerpt_length($length){
if (is_page(15)) {
...
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Inserting shortcode is blanking excerpt - any ideas?
I wrapped a shortcode around my post content and I have noticed it is making the excerpt blank on archive pages instead of auto generating one from the_content/post. At a loss as to what is causing it ...
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the_excerpt() or get_the_excerpt with shortcode escape
I have few posts which have a dropcap shortcode wrapped around the first character like so:
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is a dropcap.
The replacement for this shortcode yields:
<span ...
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“the_excerpt” in loop just keeps repeating first post?
I'm trying to edit the loop in my archive.php template so that when I visit a category page, it only displays the post excerpt and uses the featured image as a thumbnail.
When I add the_excerpt() to ...
