Allow Read More tag on specific pages

[blackartz]

The more tag will not work on single pages, because is_page is true. It only works on archive and blog pages and it is core WordPress functionality.

I'm trying to get the content splitting, read more tag <!--more--> to function on two specific additional landing pages I've built. They have widgeted areas and I'm using the Genesis Featured Widget Amplified plugin to pull in posts from specific categories. The excerpts work fine, but when I select the full 'Show Content' option within the widget, each post's entire
content is displayed, instead of being split at the <!--more--> tag.

I've been trying to write a function filter like this:


//* allow read more link on News page.
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'sp_read_more_link' );
function sp_read_more_link() {
if ( is_page('news')) {
$more = ‘1’;

}}


But its not working for me. Any help would be much appreciated!

[blackartz]

OK solved this myself 🙂

In case anyone is interested, I just needed to turn off the code which denies the use of the <!–more–> tag, directly before the wiget area I've added to my new page, then turn it back on again after the widget area.

So for each of my new pages I just wrapped the <div> which contains the new widget thus:

<?php global $more; $more = FALSE; ?><!-- allow Read More tag -->
<div id="widget-wrapping">
<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('Widget Area on New Page')) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div><!-- end #widget-wrapping -->
<?php $more = TRUE; ?><!-- turn off Read More tag -->

Obviously the content for lines 2,3,4 and 5 will be different for you, but those first and last lines will allow you to use the read more tag just the way you can on the index and archive pages.

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