How to Append to the_excerpt() Function

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1. function custom_excerpt_more( $more ) {
       return '...'; // <-- your end string
   }
   add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'custom_excerpt_more' );
   

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/excerpt_more

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   The above solution is the preferred, but to make this work:

   <p class="extra"><?php the_excerpt() . $more; ?></p>
   

   Change it to:

   <p class="extra"><?php the_excerpt(); echo $more; ?></p>
   

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2. Just echo out the $more after the excerpt:

   <p class="extra"><?php the_excerpt(); echo $more; ?></p>
   

   or a better solution would bet the use a filter and leave the template as is, for example your template uses just the_excerpt()

   <p class="extra"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
   
   
   <?php
   //and this goes in your theme's functions.php file
   add_filter('the_excerpt','my_excerpt_more');
   function my_excerpt_more($excerpt){
      return $excerpt. '.....';
   }
   

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