[Resolved] Read More Button on Archives

Hi Michael,

Do you mean this read more button?
https://www.screencast.com/t/Z3rssapg4ZNi

Let me know 🙂

Try this PHP snippet instead:

add_action( 'generate_after_entry_content', 'tu_static_read_more_button' );
function tu_static_read_more_button() {
?>
    <?php if ( is_home() || is_archive() ) : ?>
        <p class="read-more-container">
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="button">Read more</a>
        </p>
    <?php endif; ?>
<?php
}

Let me know 🙂

Hi Michael,

If you must apply the code coming from this documentation – https://docs.generatepress.com/article/activating-read-custom-excerpt/ – only on archive pages, you can add a condition for it.

Say for example:

add_filter( 'wp_trim_excerpt', 'tu_excerpt_metabox_more' );
function tu_excerpt_metabox_more( $excerpt ) {
    $output = $excerpt;

    if ( has_excerpt() ) {
        if(is_archive() || is_home()) {
            $output = sprintf( '%1$s <p class="read-more-button-container"><a class="button" href="%2$s">%3$s</a></p>',
                $excerpt,
                get_permalink(),
                __( 'Read more', 'generatepress' )
            );
        }
    }
	
    return $output;
}

You can try replacing Ying’s code with this.

Can you screenshot the code added?

That error means there’s a missing }.

Perhaps the last } on the bottom of the code (under return $output;) wasn’t copied? 😀

That happens to me from time to time as well. lol.

No problem. Glad you got it sorted. 😀

Hi Micheal,

We can add search result page into the PHP snippet as well, try this:

add_filter( 'wp_trim_excerpt', 'tu_excerpt_metabox_more' );
function tu_excerpt_metabox_more( $excerpt ) {
    $output = $excerpt;

    if ( has_excerpt() ) {
        if(is_archive() || is_home() || is_search() ) {
            $output = sprintf( '%1$s <p class="read-more-button-container"><a class="button" href="%2$s">%3$s</a></p>',
                $excerpt,
                get_permalink(),
                __( 'Read more', 'generatepress' )
            );
        }
    }
	
    return $output;
}

You are welcome 🙂