apply_filters( 'excerpt_more', string $more_string )

Filters the string in the “more” link displayed after a trimmed excerpt.

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Parameters

$more_string string
The string shown within the more link.

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More Information

This filter is called by the wp_trim_excerpt() function. By default, the filter is set to echo ‘[…]’ as the excerpt more string at the end of the excerpt.

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Source

File: wp-includes/formatting.php. View all references 

$excerpt_more = apply_filters( 'excerpt_more', ' ' . '[…]' );

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
2.9.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by SaltTechno —

    How to replace […] by some other string?
    In following code, we are replacing […] by just …
    You can send any string in return.

    /**
 * Change the excerpt more string
 */
 function my_theme_excerpt_more( $more ) {
     return '…';
 }
 add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'my_theme_excerpt_more' );
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    Contributed by Frank Klein —

    How To Add A “Continue Reading” Link To Excerpts

    function wpdocs_excerpt_more( $more ) {
    return sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" class="more-link">%2$s</a>',
          esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ),
          sprintf( __( 'Continue reading %s', 'wpdocs' ), '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . get_the_title( get_the_ID() ) . '</span>' )
    );
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'wpdocs_excerpt_more' );
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    Contributed by Steven Lin —

    Example migrated from Codex:

    To change excerpt more string, add the following code to functions.php file in your theme:

    function custom_excerpt_more( $more ) {
	return '[.....]';
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'custom_excerpt_more' );

    For versions older than 2.9 use:

    function custom_excerpt_more( $excerpt ) {
	return str_replace( '[…]', '...', $excerpt );
}
add_filter( 'wp_trim_excerpt', 'custom_excerpt_more' );
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    Contributed by Yahya Bakr —

    Add A “Read more” with post link.

       function wpdocs_custom_excerpt_more( $more ) { 
   $more = ' … Read more ';
   return $more;
}

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'wpdocs_custom_excerpt_more' );

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