WordPress: get posts and show 50 first characters

3 comments

1. This became my solution:

   In the template:

   <?php
   $args = array( 'numberposts' => 3 );
   $lastposts = get_posts( $args );
   foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); 
   ?> 
   
   <h2 class="news"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
   <?php endforeach; ?>
   

   In functions.php:

   function new_excerpt_more($more) {
          global $post;
       return '... <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">Read more</a>';
   }
   add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');
   
   
   function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
       return 20;
   }
   add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
   

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2. You can use this without the going to functions.php page.

   <?php
   $args = array( 'numberposts' => 1 );
   $lastposts = get_posts( $args );
   foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
   <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <?php the_content_rss('', TRUE, '', 33); ?> <a class="continue" href="<?php     the_permalink() ?>">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>
   <?php endforeach; ?>
   

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3. Yes you use get_posts:

   $options = array(
       'number_of_posts' => 3
   );
   
   $myposts = get_posts($options);
   foreach( $myposts as $post ) {
       setup_postdata($post);
       echo '<h2>' . the_title . '</h2>';
       echo the_content();
   }
   

   You could use something like “$mycontent = get_the_content()” and then manipulate it with phps substring, but honestly: DO NOT DO IT!

   For your read more function WordPress has the perfectly fine more tag in the editor, which will automagically work for you, if you try something like this:

   foreach( $myposts as $post ) {
       setup_postdata($post);
       echo '<h2>' . the_title . '</h2>';
       echo the_excerpt();
       echo '<a href="' . the_permalink() . '">More &raquo;</a>';
   }
   

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