=== Read More Excerpt Link === Contributors: teckel Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=99J6Y4WCHCUN4&lc=US&item_name=Read%20More%20Excerpt%20Link&item_number=Read%20More%20Excerpt%20Link%20Plugin¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted Tags: read, more, excerpt, link, ellipsis Requires at least: 2.9.0 Tested up to: 6.9 Stable tag: 1.6.1 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html Create "Read More" link after post excerpt instead of ellipsis [...] Also modify excerpt length. == Description == Try it out on a free dummy site here => [https://demo.tastewp.com/read-more-excerpt-link](https://demo.tastewp.com/read-more-excerpt-link) When WordPress makes an excerpt from your post content, it crops the content and adds an ellipsis [...] to the end. This plugin changes the ellipsis to a **Read More** link to the full post content. You can change the **Read More** link text to anything you wish from the **Read More Excerpt** submenu on the WordPress **Settings** menu. Also from the **Read More Excerpt** submenu, you can specify the excerpt word length (WordPress defaults to 55 words). Additionally, you can force the **Read More** link to show even when an excerpt is entered or when a read more tag is added to the content. This is turned on from the **Read More Excerpt** submenu with the **Show More Frequently** checkbox. The **Read More** link uses the class **read-more-link**, so you can stylize the link any way you wish. == Installation == = For an automatic installation through WordPress: = 1. Select **Add New** from the WordPress **Plugins** menu in the admin area. 2. Search for **Read More Excerpt Link**. 3. Click **Install Now**, then **Activate Plugin**. = For manual installation via FTP: = 1. Upload the **read-more-excerpt-link** folder to the **/wp-content/plugins/** directory. 2. Activate the plugin from the **Plugins** screen in your WordPress admin area. = To upload the plugin through WordPress, instead of FTP: = 1. From the **Add New** plugins page in your WordPress admin area, select the **Upload Plugin** button. 2. Select the **read-more-excerpt-link.zip** file, click **Install Now** and **Activate Plugin**. = Optional Settings: = * To change the **Read More** link text, visit the **Read More Excerpt** submenu on the WordPress **Settings** menu. * You can also change the excerpt word length from the same **Read More Excerpt** submenu. * To show an ellipsis "…" at the end of a truncated excerpt (but before the "Read More" link), check the **Include Ellipsis after Excerpt** checkbox. * To show the **Read More** link even when an excerpt is entered or when a read more tag is added to the content, check the **Show More Frequently** checkbox. == Frequently Asked Questions == = How do I change the "Read More" link text to something else? = In the WordPress **Settings** menu, select the **Read More Excerpt** submenu, where you can modify the default **Read More** text link. = How do I change the length of the excerpt? = WordPress defaults to an excerpt length of 55 words. You can change this from the WordPress **Settings** menu, select the **Read More Excerpt** submenu where you can modify the excerpt word length. = Why isn't "Read More" showing on all pages? = Normally, WordPress doesn't show a read more ellipsis if an excerpt is entered as part of the post. Also, WordPress doesn't show the read more ellipsis if a read more tag is placed in the content before the set excerpt legnth (defaults to 55 words). To change this, from the WordPress **Settings** menu, select the **Read More Excerpt** submenu where you can active the **Show More Frequently** option. This will force the **Read More** to show whenever there's post content. = How can I stylize the "Read More" link? = Here's a suggestion: a.read-more-link { font-size: 0.9em; text-transform: uppercase; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; } a.read-more-link:before { content: "("; } a.read-more-link:after { content: ")"; } = Why isn't the "Read More" showing at all? = There's also some over-zealous themes that re-write complete sections of WordPress code for no good reason. Elegant Themes is a good example of a theme company that makes highly bloated themes that re-write much of the WordPress normal operation. Basically, some themes totally ignore the perfectly working WordPress auto-excerpt and create their own. When themes do this, the **Read More Excerpt** plugin is ignored as the theme no longer calls the standard WordPress excerpt functions (which **Read More Excerpt** is hooked into). Other than making modifications to your theme, there's nothing any plugin can do when themes don't use the WordPress hooks and hard-code new functionality instead. = It displays "Read More" but without a link? = This is rare, but can happen when a theme is not strictly calling the get_the_excerpt() function but doing something with the result (like stripping HTML tags). If you know how to create a child of your template and make slight modifications to that child you can easily correct this. Start by looking at the theme's archive.php file and following any get_template_part() calls from there. It's best to not make changes directly to an off the shelf theme, as updates will override any changes you make. Creating a child theme is a better method of making changes to an off the shelf theme. == Screenshots == 1. Read More Excerpt Link Settings. 2. Read More Excerpt Link turns this... 3. To this! == Changelog == = v1.6.1 - 2/25/2023 = * Nonce added to prevent CSRF vulnerability. = v1.6.0 - 2/24/2023 = * Added nonce for CSRF protection, verified working with WordPress v6.2 = v1.5 - 2/1/2021 = * Updated contact email address, verified working with WordPress v5.6 = v1.4 - 5/13/2016 = * Option to include an ellipsis "…" at the end of a truncated excerpt (but before the "Read More" link). = v1.3 - 4/1/2016 = * Won't show the read more excerpt link if the post has no content (otherwise it would link to a blank page). = v1.2 - 3/14/2016 = * Added option **Show More Frequently** to the **Read More Excerpt** submenu under **Settings**. * Added descriptions to settings fields. = v1.1 - 3/10/2016 = * Added **Read More Excerpt** submenu to the **Settings** menu. * From the **Read More Excerpt** submenu the **Read More** text link can be modified. * From the **Read More Excerpt** submenu the excerpt word length can be modified. = v1.0 - 3/9/2016 = * Initial release.