Title: continue reading doesn’t appear
Last modified: January 19, 2020

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# continue reading doesn’t appear

 *  Resolved [aclys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aclys/)
 * (@aclys)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-doesnt-appear/)
 * Hello.
 * There’s no “continue reading” or “weiterlesen” link on the frontpage after the
   excerpt. How can I add it? There’s only […] at the end of the excerpt. But not
   a link.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [aclys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aclys/).

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-doesnt-appear/#post-12342407)
 * check for example [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/#comment-327](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/#comment-327)
   
   this is part of [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/)
 * to mirror the ‘Continue reading’ formatting as in the theme Twenty Twenty, the
   code would be:
 *     ```
       //excerpt 'continue reading' link
       function twentytwentychild_excerpt_more_add_continue_reading( $more ) {
           return ' ... <div class="read-more-button-wrap"><a href="' . get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '" class="more-link"><span class="faux-button">Continue reading</span> <span class="screen-reader-text">“' . get_the_title( get_the_ID() ) . '”</span></a></div>';
       }
       add_filter('excerpt_more', 'twentytwentychild_excerpt_more_add_continue_reading' );
       ```
   
 * should ideally be added into functions.php of a child theme.
    [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/)
 *  [acorngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acorngroup/)
 * (@acorngroup)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-doesnt-appear/#post-12369166)
 * This doesn’t work if you’ve added your own excerpt.
 * In fact, is there a way to make this button ONLY show if you’ve manually added
   an excerpt. The auto-excerpt sometimes leads to an article that only has one 
   or two more words than the excerpt.
 * Thanks!
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [acorngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acorngroup/).
 *  [yukairex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yukairex/)
 * (@yukairex)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/continue-reading-doesnt-appear/#post-12663545)
 * Had the exact same issue and figured out after a while!
 * 1. goes to customize – Theme Options
 * 2. on archive pages, posts show:
    choose Full text instead of Summary
 * Boom!

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