Topic: Wordpress Blog Tutorial - Issue with the_excerpt Template Tag

taurusteame free asked 5 years ago


I have been following the wordpress blog tutorial by Dawid Adach. But, I have run into a curious problem that I am unable to resolve. On the blog posts page, all the template tags work without a problem, except for "the_excerpt" template tag. It just refuses to output the wordpress default excerpt. According to the tutorial, the code is given below. I have searched google and have checked the wordpress codex dox, but just cannot figure out why. All other fields are displaying correctly. Any assistance would be a big source of comfort.

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by " class="font-weight-bold dark-grey-text">,

    <p class="grey-text"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
    <a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>" class="btn btn-info btn-rounded btn-md">Read more</a>
</div>
<!--Grid column-->


Arkadiusz Cacko staff commented 5 years ago

Did you try use get_the_excerpt() ? Also you can take post content from the_content() function and use substr to get this excerpt substr($post->the_content, 0, 150).


taurusteame free commented 5 years ago

Hi Arkadiusz ... Thanks for your help. I've just discovered that all is fine with the original the_excerpt() snippet. It works correctly with my online website. The problem seems to be that the wordpress export/import tool is not fully updating my offline xampp version, on which I am working. On trying a few more times, I keep getting the "Failed to update ..." message. But thanks, once again for your attention. At least I now know that the original code works. I can work on the rest of my page.


Arkadiusz Cacko staff commented 5 years ago

No problem, I'm glad that the_excerpt() function working. If you will have any other problems with code, please let me know.


taurusteame free commented 5 years ago

Thanks, Arkadiusz. Your kindness is much appreciated. Have a lovely day.



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