I'm using a plugin to allow for dropcaps for the first letter in my Wordpress theme. However, the excerpt is cutting off the first letter. For example, a sentence like: "This is a Wordpress install" would display on the front page as "his is a Wordpress install".
I tried stripping out the strip_shortcodes section of the formatting.php but now there is a space before and after the letter so it displays as: " T his is a Wordpress install".
Does anyone know how to either a) make it display the drop cap or b)show the letter normally?
function wp_trim_excerpt($text = '') {
$raw_excerpt = $text;
if ( '' == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content('');
//$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55);
$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]');
$text = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
}
return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
}