Fix for get_the_excerpt having the wrong Read More links

Hi all,

Been googling around a bit and can’t find a solution, so wondering if anyone has the answer here. A few people seem to have this problem, but nobody’s posted a fix that I can see here, on StackOverflow, or elsewhere.

I have a shortcode plugin which displays a table of objects (kindof like a product list). The code gets a wp_query ($plant_lists) from a selection of posts in a custom taxonomy, and then loops through building the table, as follows:

   $plant_lists = new WP_Query(array(
        'order'          => 'ASC',
        'orderby' 		 => 'title',
        // menu_order ID
        'plant_list_category'	 => $cat,
        'post_type'      => 'plant_lists',
        'post_status'    => null,
        'nopaging' 	=> 1,
        'posts_per_page' => -10) );

    $plant_shortcode .= '<table class="planttable"><tbody>';
    
    while($plant_lists->have_posts()): $plant_lists->the_post();
        $countPlants++;
        
        $family=get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_plant_lists_family', true );
        
        $theimage=wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id(get_the_ID()) , 'plant-image');
        
        $plant_shortcode .= '<tr><td align="center"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '"><img src="'.$theimage[0].'" alt="" /></a></td>';
        $plant_shortcode .= '<td><div class="plant-title"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">'. get_the_title().'</a></div>';
        
        $plant_shortcode .= '<div class="plant-excerpt">';

        if($family != NULL){
            $plant_shortcode .= '<p><b>Family: '.$family.'</b></p>';
        }
        
        $plant_shortcode .= '<p>'. get_the_excerpt().'</p>';
        $plant_shortcode .= '</div></td></tr>';
    
    endwhile; // end slideshow loop
    
    
    $plant_shortcode .= '</tbody></table>';

    if ($countPlants == '0') {
        $plant_shortcode = 'No plants are currently posted in this category';
    }
    
    wp_reset_query();

The problem I’m having is that the ‘Continue Reading’ link for each excerpt links to the current page, rather than the page for the post/document. I can’t see any reason that this would happen, and no matter what I try I can’t fix it.

The page in question is here: https://www.pumpkinbeth.com/plants/

Anyone got any ideas?

• This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Webreaper.