Excerpt not working in Wordpress?

by ThomasTe

Posted: 14 years ago 4 replies

WEB DESIGN

Hi,

I've just setup a wordpress site and posted two articles. On the different pages (categories and tags) I want it to only show an excerpt of the article and link to it. However it shows the whole article.
For each article I've written a couple of lines as excerpt (I found the excerpt field by finding the 'hidden' checkbox). I've also setup 'Reading Settings' to show 'Summary for each article in a feed'.
It still shows the whole articles on the different pages.

What am I missing here?

I've read something about editing an index.php, but which one is it and is that really necessary?

I'm using the standard Twenty-Eleven theme.

Thanks, guys.

Best regards,
Thomas

#excerpt #wordpress #working

WPCHARLIE 14 years ago

1) open archive.php (WP admin --> Appearance --> Editor --> Archive.php)
2) Find this snippet:

Change:
the_content();
TO
the_excerpt();

OR if you see the following:
Change
<?php the_content(); ?>
TO
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

One of them will exist in that file.

3) Save file. Refresh browser.
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ThomasTe 14 years ago

Thanks, WPCharlie, however, I cannot find 'the_content()' anywhere in that file.
Is there another place it could be located?

Thanks.

Best regards,
Thomas
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Istvan Horvath 14 years ago

Is there another place it could be located?

Yes.

And in the theme you are using (2011) it is not there - which shows the above reply was given without checking the facts :p

It is in content.php and, unfortunately, it's way more complicated than in earlier versions

On line #35 replace this
<?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>

with this:
<?php if ( is_search() || ( is_category) ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search and Category ?>
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ThomasTe 14 years ago

Great, thanks alot, Istvan. It works.

Best regards,
Thomas
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