In the get_blog_excerpt() function below, the excerpt_more filter works perfectly when the post excerpt is not present, however, when the post has an excerpt, I’m not getting the “Read More” link.
I understand that the_excerpt first checks to see if a post excerpt is present, which is fine, but I want the read more link applied to it too.
What do I need to change in order to make the excerpt_more apply in all cases?
function get_blog_excerpt(){
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'ce4_excerpt_length');
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'ce4_excerpt_more');
return the_excerpt();
}
function ce4_excerpt_length($length) {
return 150;
}
function ce4_excerpt_more($more) {
global $post;
return '...<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">Read More</a>';
}
function get_blog_links(){
global $post;
setup_postdata($post);
$myposts = get_posts($args);echo '<div id="menuFooterRecent" class="blog">';
echo '<ul>';
foreach($myposts as $idx=>$post){ ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php
echo get_blog_excerpt();
echo '<div style="clear:both"> </div>';?></li>
<?php } echo '</ul></div>';
}
The code above is inside functions.php
The code below is inside archive.php
<?php
if(is_category()){
if (get_query_var('cat') == get_category_by_slug('blog')->term_id){
get_blog_links();
}
else
{
get_category_links();
}
} ?>
I’m going to assume that you’re calling
get_blog_excerpt()in your template somewhere?If so, what happens if you simply call
the_excerpt(), and then pull the twoadd_filter()calls out of the container function? i.e.functions.phpwould just look like:And in your template, you would just call
the_excerpt().If that works, then I suspect the issue is that your filters aren’t getting applied – probably due to being wrapped in the container function.