Title: hyperlinked excerpt
Last modified: September 1, 2019

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# hyperlinked excerpt

 *  Resolved [firenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firenda/)
 * (@firenda)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/)
 * HI,
    I want to make excerpt clickable to the post but without text being underlined.
   at the moment I have this added in functions.php
 *     ```
       function clickable_excerpt( $excerpt ) {
       	return '<a href="'. get_the_permalink() .'">'. $excerpt .'</a>';
       }
       add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'clickable_excerpt' );
       ```
   
 * So the text is underlined from the start, which I do not want. It needs to get
   underlined when a mouse is pointed at it,
    please help
 * thank you
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhyperlinked-excerpt%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11888805)
 * That’s done with CSS. Please provide a link to a page on your site where we can
   see this. Thanks.
 *  [TheXrion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/negarehgfx/)
 * (@negarehgfx)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11888988)
 * You should add `text-decoration: none;` to the css class that contained text.
   Or directly define `style="text-decoration: none;"` to html tag.
 * Best Regards
 *  Thread Starter [firenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firenda/)
 * (@firenda)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11891584)
 * Hi,
 * here is the link to the page: [http://nofromanimals.com/blog/](http://nofromanimals.com/blog/)
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11891592)
 *     ```
       .entry-content p a, .page-content p a  {
          text-decoration: none;
       }
       .entry-content p a:hover, .page-content p a:hover {
          text-decoration: underline;
       }
       ```
   
 * **To add or override CSS:** use the “Additional CSS” option in the customizer._
   [https://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#Custom\_CSS\_in\_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#Custom_CSS_in_WordPress)_
 * Learn to use the [Chrome Developer Tools](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/)
   or [Firefox Developer Tools](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools) 
   to help you see and test changes to your CSS.
 *  Thread Starter [firenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firenda/)
 * (@firenda)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11891617)
 * I tried to edit style.css as per your advice, saved changes but it had no effect.
   
   it was still underlined.
 *  Thread Starter [firenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firenda/)
 * (@firenda)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11891842)
 * Brilliant! Thank you so much!! Learning something new every day

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [firenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firenda/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinked-excerpt/#post-11891842)
 * Status: resolved

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