Plugin conflict with custom excerpt "continue reading" link

Hi Sanjoyroy-

I had this same issue. The plugin developer is using a series of functions adapted from Twenty Eleven to modify the_excerpt() read-more links. The functions start at line 172 in /wp-content/plugins/q-and-a/inc/functions.php. If you want to disable them, add these lines to your theme’s functions.php file:

remove_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'qaplus_auto_excerpt_more' );
remove_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'qaplus_custom_excerpt_more' );
remove_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'qaplus_excerpt_length' );

Removing filters can be tricky, sometimes. Read more here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/remove_filter

Developer: You can target these functions to only affect the qa_faqs post type:

/**
 * Replaces "[...]" (appended to automatically generated excerpts) with an ellipsis and twentyeleven_continue_reading_link().
 */

function qaplus_auto_excerpt_more( $more ) {
	$post_type = get_post_type();

	if ( $post_type == 'qa_faqs' ) {
		return ' …' . qaplus_continue_reading_link();
	}
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'qaplus_auto_excerpt_more' );
/**
 * Adds a pretty "Continue Reading" link to custom post excerpts.
 *
 */

function qaplus_custom_excerpt_more( $output ) {
	$post_type = get_post_type();

	if ( has_excerpt() && ! is_attachment() && $post_type == 'qa_faqs' ) {
		$output .= qaplus_continue_reading_link();
	}
	return $output;
}
add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'qaplus_custom_excerpt_more' );

-David

Thanks David – you figured it out!

In fact, I already changed my plugin to FAQ Manager, which works fine for what I need to do, so I don’t have to worry about the filters (thankfully – you say that it can be tricky, and to me it *looks* tricky!).

I hope the developer takes note of your code though.

Hi all

Just to add one more side effect:
after hours struggling and trying to find why for god sake the “Continue reading–>” string did not get translated i′ve finally found it around line 188 of “functions.php”

function qaplus_continue_reading_link() {
	return ' <a href="'. esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '">' . __( 'Saiba Mais <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'qa-free' ) . '</a>';

it seems that the plugin overrides all possible translations even if you are using a custom theme.

Also the plugin′s language files are overrided by functions.php

i hope it helps someone else

Thank you David! Adding the mentioned “remove filter” code to the theme’s functions.php fixed the issue for me. ??