Can WP ignore <!–more–> tag on most recent post?

Hello

There may be a way to do exactly what you want using the more tag and stuff though I am unsure, but this might also accomplish generally what you want.

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $postcount++; ?>

<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<p class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></p>

<?php if ($postcount == 1) { ?>
<?php the_content("Continue reading: " . the_title('', ' &raquo;', false)); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read more of <?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<? } ?>

<p class="postmetadata">Posted in: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments ?', '1 Comment ?', '% Comments ?'); ?> <?php edit_post_link('Edit',' | ',' '); ?></p>

<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->

<?php endwhile; ?>

This will display the most recent post in it’s entirety, than the older posts will just have the excerpt.

The excerpt by default will use the first 175 letters of the post (or something like that) or if you enter text into the optional excerpt field of a post (in the dashboard) that will be used instead.

So, it is not exactly what you we’re asking for but does almost the same thing.

This would go in index or home.php depending on which file you are using.

Hope it is helpful. ??

Thank you for your help, BPartch. Unfortunately, the visual design of my website is based around the specific placement of the <!–more–> tag in most posts, so transitioning to excerpts may cause more issues than it resolves for me.

If anyone knows how to write PHP to ignore the <!–more–> tag on my most recent post only, I look forward to learning it.

York, change

<?php the_content(); ?>

in your template(s) to:

<?php
if( ($post == $posts[0]) && !is_paged() ) :
	echo apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
else :
	the_content();
endif;
?>

Description: If we’re on the first post (0 in the $posts object) but also not on any but the first page of the current query type, the statement prints out the post content, though it applies any formatting or plugin filters first. This will bypass the ‘more’ functionality in the_content().

Thank you for the detailed response, Kafkaesqui. In my template the code is slightly different:

<?php the_content(__('... (read more)'));?>

Should I replace that entire line of code with what you’ve provided?

Yes… and you can always add to the_content part your code:
(__('... (read more)'))

Thanks, moshu. That seems to have accomplished it. (On a side note, would you recommend any resources for learning PHP to improve my understanding of WordPress’ source code?)

For others who may be interested, I replaced

<?php the_content(__('... (read more)'));?>

in my index.php and home.php template files with

<?php
if( ($post == $posts[0]) && !is_paged() ) :
	echo apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
else :
	the_content();
endif;
?>

Now the most recent post on my main page displays in its entirety. The <more> tag I included when I wrote the post is ignored until it is no longer the most recent post, at which point the <more> tag is recognized.

Thanks to the moderators for their excellent support.

apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content) work in wordpress 2.5 too?

Thank You

This code no longer works with WordPress 2.5.

Does anyone know how to ignore the <!–more–> tag on the most recent post in 2.5?

Thanks for your help.

I’m not using 2.5, but try:

<?php
global $more;
if($post == $posts[0]) $more = 1;
else $more = 0;
the_content();
?>

if that doesn’t work try switching the 1 and the 0 for the $more variable, I keep forgetting which way around it should be.

@ivovic: Your code works! Thanks!

@ Ivovic;
Just tried your code to no avail, so I had a closer look and changed it to:

<?php
global $more;
if($post == $posts[0]) $more = 0;
else $more = 1;
the_content();
?>

This appears to work for me.