alternative to the_content filter

Question

"i am using the_content filter on the category pages like cat=1" I am appending --N in the content. But due the the theme functionality it strip the content after some number of characters therefore in post with the less content i can see the "--N" string but with the large content i cant see "--N" string as the "content" is being stripped. I want to append the '--N' string every time. Is there is any other way to append the content?

Code

function rate_post_content($content) {
    if(is_category()){
        global $post;
        return $content."---N"; // here any test can come
    }
    return $content;
}

add_filter('the_content', 'rate_post_content');

Answer 1

In functions.php:

function myExcerpt($text) {
    $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
    $text = strip_tags($text);
    $excerpt_length = 50; // max number of words
    $words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);

    array_pop($words);
    array_push($words, '-N');
    $text = implode(' ', $words);
    return $text;
}

In your loops:

echo myExcerpt ( get_the_content() );

Answer 2

I'd say run your filter in a later priority, say 50 or so:

add_filter( 'the_content', 'rate_post_content', 50 );

Same goes for the excerpt filter. You just need to make sure the excerpt process is done before your filter is applied.