Title: Problem with Post Excerpt
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problem with Post Excerpt

 *  Resolved [Wright T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tracymay10gmailcom/)
 * (@tracymay10gmailcom)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-excerpt/)
 * I want my site to show excerpts of my posts and found a (WordPress.org support
   forum) suggestion to change the content.php, which I did. However, now instead
   of having “Continue Reading” or something similar at the end of the excerpt, 
   I have this message:
 * ?> ( __( ‘Continue reading →’, ‘cakifo’ ) ); ?>
 * How do I get rid of that, and add the Continue Reading or More linked text? Oh,
   and in my dashboard settings, the option for excerpt is chosen, but apparently
   disregarded. Thank you.
 * My url is [http://wrightoutloud.com](http://wrightoutloud.com)
 * Thank you someone!

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 *  [kaniamea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaniamea/)
 * (@kaniamea)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-excerpt/#post-4504731)
 * Hi Wright,
    it looks like it is a code error.
 * Check your child content.php file and locate line 78. Make sure the code looks
   exactly like this:
 * `<?php the_excerpt( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', '
   cakifo' ) ); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [Wright T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tracymay10gmailcom/)
 * (@tracymay10gmailcom)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-excerpt/#post-4504839)
 * kaniamea – Thank you!! Worked great. =)

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 * Last reply from: [Wright T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tracymay10gmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-excerpt/#post-4504839)
 * Status: resolved