Title: continue reading
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# continue reading

 *  Resolved [chiwawaweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chiwawaweb/)
 * (@chiwawaweb)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-20/)
 * Hello,
    The tag <!–more–> works but the theme doesn’t show “continue reading”
   in the category. Why?
 * Best regards.
    Marco

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 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-20/#post-6772560)
 * Hello,
 * I noticed that the contents in the archive page are printed using WordPress native
   function _the\_excerpt()_. It doesn’t have “continue reading” link by default.
 * To print the “continue reading” link out, try to add the following function. 
   The following function will manipulate the _the\_excerpt()_ output via _get\_the\
   _excerpt_ filter.
 *     ```
       add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'zerif_add_read_more_link');
       function zerif_add_read_more_link($post_excerpt){
   
         global $post;
         if(strstr($post->post_content,'<!--more-->')) {
           $more_link = ' <a class="more-link" href="'.esc_attr(get_permalink($post->ID) . "#more-{$post->ID}").'">'.__('Continue reading', 'zerif-lite').'</a>';
           return $post_excerpt . $more_link;
         }
         return $post_excerpt;
   
       }
       ```
   
 * Make sure you add the function above in the child theme’s functions.php file.
 * Please read this helpful tutorial [http://docs.themeisle.com/article/14-how-to-create-a-child-theme](http://docs.themeisle.com/article/14-how-to-create-a-child-theme),
   in case you don’t have a child theme yet.
 * I hope this reply helps.

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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-20/#post-6772560)
 * Status: resolved