get_the_content( string $more_link_text = null, bool $strip_teaser = false, WP_Post|object|int $post = null ): string

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   Hay 9 years ago

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   Note that get_the_content doesn’t return the same thing as what the_content displays. For that you need to do this:

   $content = apply_filters( 'the_content', get_the_content() );
   echo $content;
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   Codex 10 years ago

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   Basic Usage
   Display the post content, ending with “Read more” if needed

   $content = get_the_content( 'Read more' );
   echo apply_filters( 'the_content', $content );
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   netzgestaltung 6 years ago

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   find out if the_content has content before output

   in functions.php and similar files:

   // write inside the loop
   $the_content = apply_filters('the_content', get_the_content());
   if ( !empty($the_content) ) {
     echo $the_content;
   }
   // with post object by id
   $post = get_post(12); // specific post
   $the_content = apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
   if ( !empty($the_content) ) {
     echo $the_content;
   }

   as function

   // call inside the loop or with ID
   // taken from has_excerpt() 
   // https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/has_excerpt
   function mytheme_has_content( $post = 0 ){
     $post = get_post( $post );
     return ( !empty(apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content)) );
   }

   template inside the loop:

   <?php if ( $customQuery->have_posts() ) {?>
     <?php while ( $customQuery->have_posts() ) {
       $customQuery->the_post(); ?>
       <?php $the_content = apply_filters('the_content', get_the_content()); ?>
       <!-- html -->
       <?php if ( !empty($the_content) ) { ?>
         <div class="content">
           <?php echo $the_content; ?>
         </div>
       <?php } ?>
     <?php } ?>
     <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
   <?php } ?>
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   tylerlwsmith 5 years ago

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   If you’re having trouble getting the $post parameter to work, make sure your WordPress is up-to-date: $post was only added in WordPress 5.2.
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   Stéphane Le Roy 6 years ago

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   If you use get_the_content() before the global $wp_query object is set, the postmeta are not well generated because generate_postdata() use $wp_query.
   To get around this issue, just construct a global $wp_query object before calling get_the_content()

   global $wp_query;
   $wp_query = new WP_Query();
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   Lovro Hrust 2 years ago

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   If you need to embed content coded as URL in post content, like youtube video, use following:

   global $wp_embed;
   $content = $wp_embed->autoembed( $content );

   This is the way how it is handled in the WordPress core.