Removing post excerpts completely

Hi

use the below code paste it in the functions file

function new_excerpt($more) {
global $post;
remove_filter(‘the_excerpt’, ‘new_excerpt’);
return ”;
}
add_filter(‘the_excerpt’,’new_excerpt’,11);

Thank you
Praveen Valmiki

@colby-ross please check the Single quote before you use the code

@colby-ross , you can try this function:

function trim_excerpt($text)
{
return '';
}
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'trim_excerpt');;

Note:If you are working with main/parent theme,first create child theme of parent theme and then modify functions.php

Hope this helps you ??

Thanks
Suman W.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by Suman.

Hello colby-ross,

Try this and let me know if this helped

function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 0;
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘custom_excerpt_length’, 999 );

Thanks,
Kartik

@vpraveen60 and @sumanm – thank you, but neither of the codes provided worked for me.

@colby-ross

Modify function code and set priority,

function trim_excerpt($text)
{
return '';
}
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'trim_excerpt',40);

• This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by Suman.

@sumanm Thanks for the code. Unfortunately, it only seems to get rid of the excerpt from the very first post as you can see. I’ve left the code in so you can take a look.

I’ve managed to solve the problem. I realized that my theme has a hidden option to change the excerpt length. A conflict with the theme could have been causing the codes mentioned previously from working properly.