How to add a “Read more…” tag to the_excerpt?

  • I am handcrafting excerpts for all my posts and want to add a “Read more…” tag right after the excerpt on the index page.

    I can’t find a solution on how to do this. Tried the “the-excerpt-reloaded.php” plug-in but that doesn’t help me either. Do I need to change the functions.php? If yes, how would I go about that? Thanks for your help!

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  • Hi,

    You need to edit the index.php file of your theme and replace the_content with the_excerpt

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

    Thread Starter kulani

    (@kulani)

    I’ve done that already – but how do I get the “Read more…” added to it without a line break?

    I did this in the functions.php file in my theme to remove the markup and the […] 

    <?php
function change_excerpt($content) {
	$content = str_replace('[...]','...',$content); // remove [...], replace with ...
	$content = strip_tags($content); // remove HTML
	return $content;
}
add_filter('the_excerpt','change_excerpt');
?>

    Then I put this in place of the_content(‘Read more’); in my theme: 

    <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read more</a></p>

    Works for me!

    Thread Starter kulani

    (@kulani)

    Perfect! Many thanks!

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