Remove three dots from excerpt in Custom Post Type block

Hi,
have you had a chance to look at my question?

Thank you!
Kind regards

I’ve had a good look at the code. As far as I can see, the Custom Post Type is using the includes/templates/custom-post-type/post.php file to generate the posts. Is that correct?

It makes use of the normal the_excerpt function.

But the normal customization option as described here (at 11) does not work. Do you have any idea why?

Hi Boris,
Thanks for contacting us and accept our apologies for the delay. The excerpt block shows the information added to the Excerpt Field of each post. When there is no Excerpt that has been added to the post, it shows the short description with 3 dots at the end. You may remove them by adding the code to the functions.php file of the theme:

add_filter( 'default_page_template_title', 'villagio_default_page_template_title' );

function new_excerpt_more( $more ) {
    return '' ;
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

Let us know if it is helpful.

Hi @eugenewhite ,
thank you for your help!

I added the snippet to functions.php, but there is no change. Should I change something in the snippet to names within my own setup?

Hello Boris.

Sorry, my bad. There shouldn’t be a filter. Here’s the code that you may need to use instead of the previous one:

function new_excerpt_more( $more ) {
    return '' ;
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

Hi Eugene,

I added the function, but it changes nothing. For some reason, the excerpt function responds differently within Gutenberg blocks. I see the same with the Spectra post grid which I also use on the same site.

Hello Boris.

Well, I just double-checked the code with one of the default WordPress themes, the “Twenty Twenty-Two” one – everything seems to be working properly. So have you tried to use the code with this theme or does the issue appears with the Astra theme only? Please let me know.

Hi @eugenewhite ,
you seem to be right! I’ve tested with 2022 and OceanWP themes, and then it works as intended. I will contact Astra support about this, and post relevant updates here.

Hello Boris.

Okay. In case you have any additional questions, let me know.

Hi @eugenewhite ,
Astra support has been able to help me resolve the issue for the Spectra plugin by adding this code to functions.php:

function replace_content( $content ) {
$content = str_replace(array( ‘[…]’, ‘[…]’, ‘…’ ), ”, $content);
return $content;
}
add_filter(‘uagb_single_post_excerpt_grid’,’replace_content’);`
`

Is there a similar filter active for Getwid which prevents the normal solution from working?

Hello Boris!

Sorry for the late reply.
Well, I don’t think that our Getwid has a similar filter that prevents the normal solution from working. But also I’m not sure it may have something to do with the issue since everything seems to be working fine with default WordPress themes.

Hello Boris!

We haven’t heard from you in a while and will mark the topic as “Resolved”.
In case you have any further concerns, please submit a new one and we’ll be glad to help you out.