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Custom Genesis Home Loop with Character Limitation on Excerpt
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<?php | |
//do not add in opening php tag | |
/** | |
* Custom Genesis Home Loop with Character Limitation on Excerpt | |
* | |
* @package Custom Genesis Home Loop with Character Limitation on Excerpt | |
* @author Neil Gee | |
* @link https://wpbeaches.com/custom-genesis-standard-loop-blog-page/ | |
* @copyright (c)2014, Neil Gee | |
*/ | |
add_action('genesis_before_loop', 'wpb_change_home_loop'); | |
/* | |
* Adding in our new home loop. | |
*/ | |
function wpb_change_home_loop() { | |
if ( is_home() ) { | |
/** Replace the home loop with our custom **/ | |
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' ); | |
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'wpb_custom_loop' ); | |
/** Custom loop **/ | |
function wpb_custom_loop() { | |
if ( have_posts() ) : | |
do_action( 'genesis_before_while' ); | |
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); | |
do_action( 'genesis_before_entry' ); | |
printf( '<article %s>', genesis_attr( 'entry' ) ); | |
do_action( 'genesis_entry_header' ); | |
do_action( 'genesis_before_entry_content' ); | |
printf( '<div %s>', genesis_attr( 'entry-content' ) ); | |
//do_action( 'genesis_entry_content' ); //Remove standard excerpt | |
echo genesis_do_post_image(); //Add in featured image | |
echo the_excerpt_max_charlength(200); //change amount of characters to display | |
echo '</div>'; | |
do_action( 'genesis_after_entry_content' ); | |
do_action( 'genesis_entry_footer' ); | |
echo '</article>'; | |
do_action( 'genesis_after_entry' ); | |
endwhile; //* end of one post | |
do_action( 'genesis_after_endwhile' ); | |
else : //* if no posts exist | |
do_action( 'genesis_loop_else' ); | |
endif; //* end loop | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
/* | |
* Limit the excerpt by character. | |
* | |
* @link Reference - http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_excerpt | |
*/ | |
function the_excerpt_max_charlength($charlength) { | |
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt(); | |
$charlength++; | |
if ( mb_strlen( $excerpt ) > $charlength ) { | |
$subex = mb_substr( $excerpt, 0, $charlength - 5 ); | |
$exwords = explode( ' ', $subex ); | |
$excut = - ( mb_strlen( $exwords[ count( $exwords ) - 1 ] ) ); | |
if ( $excut < 0 ) { | |
echo mb_substr( $subex, 0, $excut ); | |
} else { | |
echo $subex; | |
} | |
echo ' <br><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" class="more-link" title="Read More">Read More</a>'; | |
} else { | |
echo $excerpt; | |
} | |
} |
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