No “read more” button on default blog loop

Hi @hazh, sorry for the long delay.

Please correct me if I am wrong, however, it is the default behavior of WordPress.

You might want to try adding the following snippet to have the Read more link even when the Posts have custom excerpt.

function new_excerpt_more($more) {
    return '';
}

add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more', 21 );function the_excerpt_more_link( $excerpt ){
    $post = get_post();
    $excerpt .= '<p class="read-more"><a class="ast-button" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">Read more ?</a></p>';
    return $excerpt;
}

add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'the_excerpt_more_link', 21 );

Let us know if you need more help, otherwise please mark the topic as Resolved.

Kind regards,
Herman ??