Read more missing with su_post

ahackney
(@ahackney)

7 years, 10 months ago

Hello,

I have added the following to my home page, which is correctly displaying an excerpt of my posts, however, the “read more” text/link/button is missing.

Is there some parameter I am missing or is this my theme interfering with with automatic placement of the “read more” button?

[su_posts template="templates/default-loop.php" posts_per_page="5"]

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Bianca
(@bianca205)

7 years, 10 months ago
Hello,
To change the […] into a ‘read more’ link add the follwing code to the child theme functions.php or a code snippet plugin.
```
function wpdocs_excerpt_more( $more ) {
    return '<a href="'.get_the_permalink().'" rel="nofollow">Read More...</a>';
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'wpdocs_excerpt_more' );
```
Source
Thread Starter ahackney
(@ahackney)

7 years, 10 months ago

Thanks so much for the response.

I do not even see the ellipsis, which I would be just fine with. There is no indication that this is an abstract. No ellipsis and no “read more”.

Unfortunately, this is hosted at wordpress.com where I have no access to the pho editor, ftp, or ssh. If I am to purchase a solution, all of the pieces need to work without having to roll my own theme, zip, and upload.

I verified that when I change themes, the “read more” does appear, so there is something peculiar to the coding of this theme that does now allow the read more to be displayed on a static page.

Thank you again
-A

Thread Starter ahackney
(@ahackney)

7 years, 10 months ago

You can see for yourself at https://hacksbrain.com/
Bianca
(@bianca205)

7 years, 10 months ago
Sorry to say that I am not that familiar with wordpress.com…

I checked the output of this plugin with a different theme and the read more does appear ( al being it […] with the theme I checked it with, but might probably be a preference of the developer).

So I just installed the self hosted version of the theme you are using:”Accelerate” and the read more option dissapears exactly just like it does at your end. Definitely a conflict between these two pieces.

// Basically just like you said

You can’t enter php code on wordpress.com which is unfortunate in this case. So I think the options are to either:

Switch themes
Use a different plugin for this
Or switch to self hosted WordPress which allows you a lot more freedom.
EDIT: Contact the theme developer. they might want to fix the issue on their end

A last resort might be (but again I’m not familiar with WordPress.com. It might not be allowed as well) is to install a code snippet plugin which is available in this repository.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Bianca.
Thread Starter ahackney
(@ahackney)

7 years, 10 months ago
Thanks for the response. Yes, I am moving off of a self hosted wordpress to make my life easier (hah)!

Digging a little deeper, I *do* see:

<p>Upon a fresh install of FTDv (6.2.3) on VMWare ESXi, the FTD console reports the following error over and over and over: </p>

So, the more tag is definitely there, but the theme template for the static page is not honoring it, which is a drag!
- This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by ahackney.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by ahackney.
Bianca
(@bianca205)

7 years, 10 months ago

Yes, I am moving off of a self hosted wordpress to make my life easier (hah)!

I hear you. I guess both versions have their perks.

Well I would personally try to contact the theme devs first, see if they might fix the issue. Not honoring a wp standard can happen (should be) by accident. If not switch to something different.

All the best.

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