How can I change how archived and categorized materials display?

I’m not familiar with the theme but I assume it is using the_content()

Just change that template tag to the_excerpt()

By default, when using the_excerpt() WordPress will display the first 55 characters from your post. If you want to alter that place this in your theme’s function.php file,

remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_trim_excerpt');

function custom_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed
global $post;
if ( '' == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content('');
$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
$text = strip_tags($text);
$excerpt_length = x;
$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
array_pop($words);
array_push($words, '...');
$text = implode(' ', $words);
}
}
return $text;
}

Adjust the line $excerpt_length = x; to whatever you want.

Thanks for you reply. Where do I find the template tag? what file is that in usually?

Mike

I’ll have a look at the theme.

archive.php is the file you want.

More reading on the_content() and the_excerpt()

I found this <?php the_content(); ?> in the page.php file in the inove directory.

I changed it to <?php the_excerpt(); ?> but nothing changed.

I still get full posts and not a list. Maybe I changed the wrong file.

Mike

in the page.php file

That would change pages, not archives. You need to change the archive.php file.

Thank you! That was a great help and it worked exactly as I wanted. Its nearly 1 am in the morning and I am bit tired. I did look in the archive.php file but I missed it. Do I have to change it in archives.php also? This file has an S after the word archive.

I am determined to get one other thing working before calling it a night. I have created a static page (see https://www.delaflor.com/articles-tutorials) where I want to display a list of all archives and catagories. I used the plugin called smartarchives.php and exec-php. But I am not having any luck. Do you have any ideas on how to creat such a page?

Mike

Do I have to change it in archives.php also

generally speaking, it shouldn’t even be in archives.php.