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studiopress/custom-readmore-excerpt.php

Last active April 16, 2019 14:23
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Add Read More Link for Automatic and Custom Excerpts.
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custom-readmore-excerpt.php
<?php
//* Do NOT include the opening php tag shown above. Copy the code shown below.
//* Add Read More Link to Automatic and Custom Excerpts Site-wide
add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'sp_read_more_custom_excerpt' );
function sp_read_more_custom_excerpt( $text ) {
if ( strpos( $text, '[&hellip;]') ) {
$excerpt = str_replace( '[&hellip;]', '<a class="more-link" href="' . get_permalink() . '">[Read More&hellip;]&hellip;</a>', $text );
} else {
$excerpt = $text . '<a class="more-link" href="' . get_permalink() . '">[Read More&hellip;]</a>';
}
return $excerpt;
}
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