Title: Problem with Astra theme? Last modified: November 4, 2019 --- # Problem with Astra theme? * [mlepisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlepisto/) * (@mlepisto) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/) * The “read more” link works very sporadically or not at all depending on the settings( ex, by charachter) with the WP Astra theme * [https://wordpress.org/themes/astra/](https://wordpress.org/themes/astra/) * I’m not sure what to do to fix or attempt to diagnose this. The theme works fine without this plugin, but activating it gets rid of the “read more” in many cases. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblem-with-astra-theme%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Contributor [ageproem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ageproem/) * (@ageproem) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12096984) * Hi, Please activate ECAE plugin on your site so I can clearly understand what is your problem. * Thread Starter [mlepisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlepisto/) * (@mlepisto) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12098529) * Ok, here it is using 250 chars, content image is set to featured which seems to be working for some of the posts, but not the first one. Using “special method” in either setting doesn’t change anything. * You can see that the number of chars is well above 250, and the “read more” link is gone on most of the posts although they have additional content than what is displayed. A few posts at the bottom do have the read more button with some custom CSS for colors. * [http://sftblog.staging.wpengine.com/](http://sftblog.staging.wpengine.com/) * Thanks. * Plugin Contributor [ageproem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ageproem/) * (@ageproem) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12101221) * Hi, I have tried to copy a content from your website ([http://sftblog.staging.wpengine.com/cts-new-zealand-welcomes-drew-chicone-as-a-us-ambassador/](http://sftblog.staging.wpengine.com/cts-new-zealand-welcomes-drew-chicone-as-a-us-ambassador/)) to my localhost and make a new post with the content exactly the same and it is normally excerpted. So try to make a new post with same content and see do you get normally excerpted as I get. * Best Regards, Tonjoostudio support * Thread Starter [mlepisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlepisto/) * (@mlepisto) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12102995) * That didn’t work for me, but I think I figured out what is going on. * If you check out the site again, you will see 2 versions of that content you tested with. One uses the WP “more” block and the other doesn’t. * The one without the “more” works but one with “more” doesn’t – see the top 2 posts. [http://sftblog.staging.wpengine.com/](http://sftblog.staging.wpengine.com/) * I think it worked for you since by copying the content from the front end you wouldn’t have gotten the more code. * So it seems if there’s a manual break defined that might be causing the problem. Would you mind testing if that happens on your end as well? * Thank you. - This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [mlepisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlepisto/). * Plugin Contributor [ageproem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ageproem/) * (@ageproem) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12105480) * Hi, Yes, You are correct. It is because ECAE will be ignored if in a post there is a manual break (WP read more tag). So instead of using ECAE excerpt, it will use WP read more tag. - This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [ageproem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ageproem/). * Thread Starter [mlepisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlepisto/) * (@mlepisto) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12107189) * Right, but the problem is that it doesn’t display the “read more” button/link at all when the more tag is specified – not programmatically and not manually. * Should it not provide that at the location of the more tag vs the programmatic options set if the intent is to ignore the programmatic settings when a tag is specified? * Thank you. * Plugin Contributor [ageproem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ageproem/) * (@ageproem) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12109483) * Hi, I have found that turn input format from classic editor into gutenberg paragraph block has effect which is more likely ECAE works best with gutenberg paragraph block. Turn format text from this (classic editor): [https://prnt.sc/pu0lgu](https://prnt.sc/pu0lgu) into this (gutenberg paragrah block): [https://prnt.sc/pu0m7i](https://prnt.sc/pu0m7i) * The result is read more is shown and ECAE looks more stable. So make sure your articles is in gutenberg paragraph block. * Best Regards, Tonjoostudio support * Thread Starter [mlepisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlepisto/) * (@mlepisto) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-astra-theme/#post-12111054) * That doesn’t seem to make any difference. Here is the gutenberg block, and it still doesn’t show the “more” link on the front end. [https://prnt.sc/pu8tlz](https://prnt.sc/pu8tlz) * It just seems like there is a bug with this somewhere. 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