apply_filters( ‘excerpt_more’, string $more_string )

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   SaltTechno 7 years ago

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   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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   Frank Klein 8 years ago

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   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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   Steven Lin 4 years ago

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   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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   Yahya Bakr 2 years ago

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   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' );

   • $more = '<a href="' . esc_url( get_post_permalink() ) .'"> ... Read more</a>';

     Yahya Bakr 2 years ago