read more not appearing with manual excerpt

If you are just using the include_excerpt=”true” parameter, the actual output depends upon your theme. It sounds like your theme is not adding the link to manual excerpts.

This is why I added excerpt link functionality to the plugin – to combat plugin and theme compatibility issues.

Change the shortcode to this:

[display-posts include_excerpt=”true” excerpt_length=”55″ excerpt_more=”Read More” excerpt_more_link=”true”]

That will tell Display Posts Shortcode to build its own excerpt, preventing your theme and other plugins from interfering with it. The length is the number of words you want included.

For changing excerpt placement you’ll need to add CSS. Go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS (or add this to your theme’s style.css file):

.display-posts-listing .title { display: block; }

Thanks for your answer. I did what you suggested but nothing has changed. Also, as for the excerpt, I would like that the full manual custom excerpt, not only a limited number of words.