Costom post type the_excerpt not showing

[aaronsummers]

I'm using the easy digital downloads plugin which uses custom post type to display the content, I have custom archive pages set up and am trying to display a snippet of the main body content.

using:

add_action('genesis_post_content','the_excerpt');

Does Genesis recognise CPT's ?

[David Chu]

Hi,

As far as I know, I don't think a Custom Post Type will be added to the default WordPress loop without telling the theme that it's there, Genesis or not.  I know that when I make them, I make a special template to display them.

Also, when the CPT is defined, it can be "excerpt-enabled", or not, by the developer.  So to determine that, one might need to examine the plugin code.

I'm guessing that your plugin uses its own template(s) to display the CPT, you could have a look at that.  Maybe that's where you could set it up to use the excerpt.  I know that with some plugins, you can even put a template/script into your own theme's folder and hack it without disturbing the original plugin code.  Its documentation may have info about that.

If I'm wrong, hopefully some uber-developer will correct me.  🙂   Hope that helps.

Dave

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