Exclude uploaded files from appearing in the excerpt()

Question

In a post I have some text and some media attachments and when I use the_excerpt(), it strips all the anchor tags from the attachments and shows just their file names and its causing me problems as some of the filenames are really long. Is there a way of excluding media attachment content from the_excerpt()?

If not, is there a way to show the anchor tags when using the_excerpt() that wont leave unclosed tags and what not?

Answer 1

If you manually provide an excerpt for the post WordPress will use the one you provided instead of automatically generating one. Any HTML links you include in your manual excerpt will still be displayed correctly. Or you can leave the links out and just include the text you want.

To preserve HTML links in the automatically generated excerpt you could try this tutorial: How To preserve HTML Tags in WordPress Excerpt Without a Plugin

Answer 2

Is there a way of excluding media attachment content from the_excerpt()?

Yes. There are many ways. Here are a few:

• Use a manual excerpt.
• Write more text before the first link to an image in the post.
• Shorten the length of the excerpt.
• Use the 'get_the_excerpt' filter to change content of the excerpt.