post excerpt read more link

[p297]

Hi,

I'm trying to edit the read more code for

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[p297]

Hi,

I'm trying to edit the read more code that shows on a post excerpt to remove the ellipsis. It currently says '... [Read more...]' with the '[Read more...] a hyperlink (see included URL). I want it to just say '[Read more...]'.

I've tried 6 different variations of code that I've found on help docs and forums in the functions.php file but haven't gotten the results I wanted. 5 variations made no change and 1 broke the code.

1. No change

   /**
     * Override the default string for automatic excerpts
     * 
     * @param type $more
     * @return string
    */
    function custom_excerpt_more($more) {
        return '';// return empty string
    }
    add_filter('excerpt_more', 'custom_excerpt_more');

2. No change

// Add Read More Link to Excerpts
	add_filter('excerpt_more', 'get_read_more_link');
	add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'get_read_more_link' );
	function get_read_more_link() {
	   return '...&nbsp;<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">[Read&nbsp;More]</a>';
	}

3. No change

function replace_excerpt($content) {
       return str_replace('[...]',
               '&lt;div class="more-link"&gt;<a href="'. get_permalink() .'">Continue Reading</a>&lt;/div&gt;',
               $content
       );
}
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'replace_excerpt');

4. Broke the code - code same as in 3 with an addition to it suggested in the forum

function replace_excerpt($content) {
       return str_replace('[...]',
               '&lt;div class="more-link"&gt;<a href="'. get_permalink() .'">Continue Reading</a>&lt;/div&gt;',
               $content
       );
}
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'replace_excerpt');

&lt;?php function replace_excerpt($content) {
return str_replace('[&hellip;]', '... ', $content );
}?&gt;

5. No change

// Changing excerpt more
function new_excerpt_more($more) {
  global $post;
  remove_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more'); 
  return ' <a>ID) . '"&gt;' . 'read more' . '</a>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more','new_excerpt_more');
add_filter('excerpt_more','__return_false');

6. No change - code snippet from last line in 5 after forum said 'if you just want to strip the ellipsis'

add_filter('excerpt_more','__return_false');

7. No change

function trim_excerpt($text) {
  return rtrim($text,'[...]');
}
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'trim_excerpt');

I've also tried looking in the archive.php, front-page.php, page_archive.php, single.php, functions.php, and even the styles.css files to try and find the code where I can customize the read more to remove the ellipsis - ... - but haven't found anything.

Please help!

[Susan]

I'm closing this thread, as it is a duplicate of this one:

Remove ellipsis on read more

[Author]

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