Getting Rid Of "Continue Reading" in the_excerpt()

Read https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Customizing_the_Read_More for details and directions and suggestions on how to change it ??

Thanks for replying…

So far I’ve read material on “the_excerpt()”..

the problem is that when I look at the source of this function, I don’t see where it assigns p, a, or span tags to the output.

However, I do see those tags in “the_content()”, which means I can alter it..just as the document you suggested I read states.

But, “the_excerpt()” is working perfectly fine with the exception of the “Continue read” issue…So this is my first time developing a site in WordPress and it’s really a matter of me not wanting to figure out “where” in the control panel I need to put things so I can effectively use “the_content()” instead of using “the_excerpt()”…

So..I’m thinking that there has to be a way to control the “Continue reading” text using “the_excerpt()”…

any more suggestions on that? or would you suggest me scrapping that and using “the_content()”?

There is. The codex page on the_excerpt() itself explains how to do that.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/the_excerpt#Make_the_.22read_more.22_link_to_the_post

Just change it to what you want. Mine shows an image ??

Okay..

this is ‘exactly’ what I did earlier…

I loaded this function into my themes ‘function.php’ file..

and I called it in my ‘loop-gallery.php’ file with

<?php new_excerpt_more() ?>

and I got an error stating that I need an argument…understandable because the funciton has “$more” for an argument..

but what am I to put there? when I look at the function I don’t see how that argument is used..

and I called it in my ‘loop-gallery.php’ file with <?php new_excerpt_more() ?>

No no ?? You keep using <?php the_excerpt() ?> The function edits the_excerpt on the fly.

oooooooooohhhhhhhh…..

“The function edits the_excerpt on the fly.”

So ‘this’ is what apply_filter does….it replaces the original function with the new one..right?

It doesn’t replace so much as filter ?? Hence the name ‘apply filter’ – But that’s the basic idea.

I just tried it and nothing’s happening…

I placed the function in my functions.php file and called the_excerpt() in the loop file and “Continue reading” still appears..even though I changed the text in the functions.php file to “” (nothing)..

Oh … Bollocks… Hang on.

Sorry, I’m going to blame the cough meds.

Okay. This is actually something that’s put in BY your theme. So what theme are you using?

I’m using WordPress 3.0.1 (the latest version), theme 2010..

A couple places to get started:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/change-more-link-in-twenty-ten-theme

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/twenty-ten-continue-reading

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/continue-reading-gt-in-theme2010

sorry it took so long to respond….thanks for the links..I’ll review them

Solved it…

the answer was with this function in the theme’s function.php file:

function twentyten_continue_reading_link() {
	return ' <a href="'. get_permalink() . '">' . __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyten' ) . '</a>';
}

changed that to :

function twentyten_continue_reading_link() {
	return ' <a href="'. get_permalink() . '">' ."". '</a>';
}

Thanks for the lead to the solution ??

Thanks for sharing your fix!

(FYI, if you do make these changes, remember that 2010 is the DEFAULT theme, and it’s best to make a child-theme instead of changing it directly. Read https://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-protip-child-themes/ for how to make childtheme functions work right)