"Read More" Excerpt help, not showing up in right location

If you want to control where to break the post by ‘more’ tag, you have to
edit the loop.php of your theme and change strings 28-29 (originally)

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>

to
<?php the_content('Read More...'); ?>

You can edit this file in Appearance > Editor
Read more about the Read More before editing )
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/the_content
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/the_excerpt
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Customizing_the_Read_More

So I tried this and to no avail it didn’t work. It wasn’t doing this before I installed some plugins. The only plugin, that I can seem to think it may be, is my GD Star Rating, which is the only thing that doesn’t show up before the current “read more”. When I deactivate it however, it doesn’t go away. Could this plugin somehow be the problem?

are you using the manual excerpt for your posts?

the ‘read-more’ link is hard-coded into loop.php of your theme so it will show independantly on your exerpt length and if you are using the ‘more-tag’.

<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>

have you edited the loop.php template in any way?

This is my current loop.php:

[code moderated per forum rules - please use the pastebin]

I haven't edited it. Would, I also need to change something in the blog.php? I'm fairly new with wordpress so my knowledge is mediocre at best.

blog.php has the same two lines of code – the excerpt and the hard-coded ‘read more’ link:

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
      <a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>

the full post content should not show unless you have added it into the manual excerpt field.

do you have any plugins activated?

These are all the plugins I have:

All in One SEO Pack
byBrick Columns
Datafeedr Random Ads V2
GD Star Rating
Sharebar
Social Login
TinyMCE Advanced
ViperBar
WP MashSocial Wigdet
WP to Twitter

Yes, I haven’t noticed that in blog.php also the same lines 47-48

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More ...</a>

Did you try to edit it?

So I figured out the issue, it was my Cincopa plugin. Thank you for all the help, learned about the excerpt and content tags in the mean while ??

I’m having the same problem and do not see loop.php in my theme.
https://debradjwhite.com
Thanks in advance for your help!
Joy, DJ