the_excerpt

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  • May 27, 2015 at 6:12 am #17043

    hi,
    when using “the_excerpt” instead of “the_content”, is there a way to replace the [..] with something else?
    thanks!

    Rachel Druskin
    May 27, 2015 at 7:19 pm #17074

    Hi Rachel,

    Please see the examples here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt, but note that changes will apply site-wide.

    If you want it to apply only to that particular instance, you might need to do a manual approach:

    //Change […] as desired:
echo wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 55, '[…]' );

    But note that the above will not parse shortcodes in the content (among other things) like the_content() does, nor will remove them like the_excerpt() does.

    Stephen Harris
    May 28, 2015 at 7:24 am #17080

    hi Stephen,
    thank you for the quick response! ☺

    Rachel Druskin
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