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1. 

   elderberry
   Member

   Hi All,

   I've been using this function from Helgatheviking (thanks!), but I would like to see the link text read the destination page (or post) title instead of "Continue Reading. I am a php cut 'n paster :-( Tips?

   // excerpt read more links and wrap excerpt in p tag
   function all_excerpts_get_more_link($post_excerpt) {
   	if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
   		$child_excerpt =  the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' ) . '<p>' . $post_excerpt . '</p>' . '<p class="readmore"><a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . 'Continue Reading &raquo' . '</a></p>';
   	}
   	else {
   		$child_excerpt = '<p>' . $post_excerpt . '</p>' . '<p class="readmore"><a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . 'Continue Reading &raquo' . '</a></p>';
   	}
   	return $child_excerpt;
    }
   
   add_filter('wp_trim_excerpt', 'all_excerpts_get_more_link');

   Posted 8 years ago #
2. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   yeah, instead of 'Continue Reading &raquo' which is missing a ; (so it should be 'Continue Reading »' replace that with the WordPress function the_title() which gets the post title when you are in a loop.

   so

   'Continue Reading ' . the_title() . '»'

   Posted 8 years ago #
3. 

   elderberry
   Member

   Great - that's perfect.

   Posted 8 years ago #
4. 

   elderberry
   Member

   Finally Implemented this but it doesn't work - is there something I missed?
   

   //that wraps the thumbnails w/ the permalink... and to use it you just need to put the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' ) into the excerpt
   // excerpt read more links and wrap excerpt in p tag
   function all_excerpts_get_more_link($post_excerpt) {
   	if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
   		$child_excerpt =  the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' ) . '<p>' . $post_excerpt . ' <span class="readmore"><a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . 'Continue reading' . the_title() . '&raquo;' . '</a></span></p>';
   	}
   	else {
   		$child_excerpt = '<p>' . $post_excerpt . ' <span class="readmore"><a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . 'Continue reading' . the_title() . '&raquo;' . '</a></span></p>';
   	}
   	return $child_excerpt;
    }
   add_filter('wp_trim_excerpt', 'all_excerpts_get_more_link');

   Posted 8 years ago #

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