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Excerpts are short texts or summaries

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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 obtain a reference to the_excerpt() from custom loop

I'm trying to do some trace testing inside the "get_blog_excerpt() function in order to write out either the post excerpt or (if no excerpt appears) the first 55 words of content (the_excerpt) for each …
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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 understand that the_excerpt first checks to see if a post excerpt is present, which is fine, but I want the read more link applied to it too. …
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How to programmatically bring back "excerpts" field in post editor in WP 3.1+

My theme uses some custom options fields, like post excerpt, that were removed from the editor screen with WP 3.1 I understand and support the intent to clean up the content workspaces. …
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