Comments on: WordPress 2.9 new excerpt filters

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:43:34 +0000

@Simon, why?

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:35:47 +0000

This does not seem to work in wp3.0

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:31:12 +0000

@Art: Yeah, don't use the excerpt()

By: Art

Art — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:50:07 +0000

To throw a curve ball into the mix.... is there a way to simply disable the excerpt functionality?

Art

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By: Marek

Marek — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:45:56 +0000

I have succesfully got this to work but my question is...

How the hell can i make the new .... clickable to go to the specific post, as i have replaced it with ...read more

I have managed to style it fine but being able to style it is beyond me, please help?

By: Dave Redfern

Dave Redfern — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:58:28 +0000

I currently use something similar with 2.8:-

add_filter('excerpt_length', 'my_excerpt_length');
function my_excerpt_length($length) {
return 0;
}

you can always add a if statement inside that for each category. but nathans idea would be nicer.

By: Devan

Devan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:49:19 +0000

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the hint!

In case it's useful, I'll share my perspective: What's keeping me from editing that moment in the codex is that I'm not sure what it *should* say.

Would it be best to say that the feature isn't yet available? To remove it altogether?

Learning the conventions of editing the codex is a bit of a steep barrier to entry for somebody who probably won't be in a position to contribute very often. (I'm a hobbyist, basically.)

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:46:18 +0000

The codex is written by the community, and we'd love to have the community clean it up, update it, and make it more clear (hint hint)