[Support request] Content “Excerpt”: The “0” to disable Excerpt totally not working

[Dailyaim Limited]

I have set the “Excerpt” to “0” because I totally wanna remove it, but is not taking effect. Please how can I disable the content excerpt?

My own advice, it would have been better you included an option as “No Excerpt” – that is the way most other themes build theirs.

For example, since you have the following options; Excerpt, full content, then you should have just added also “no Excerpt” or “disable Excerpt” or “remove Excerpt” is better and more effective to work with.

Please How do I disable mine Excerpt, since the “0” is not working??

[David]

Hi there,

that field only applies if it is a WP auto generated excerpt. If you’re using manual excerpts or the read more tag then that will no apply.

If neither of them is the case then provide a link to the site so i can see the issue.

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[Dailyaim Limited]

here is my website http://www.emyshub.com, please check it out and tell me how to get this done. Thanks

[Tom]

Hi there,

You’re using the More Tag which will overwrite the excerpt length value you’ve set in the Customizer.

You can tell it not to like this:

add_filter( 'generate_more_tag', '__return_empty_string' );

Let me know if that makes a difference or not 🙂

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[Dailyaim Limited]

You mean I should add this “add_filter( ‘generate_more_tag’, ‘__return_empty_string’ );” to my custom CSS box???

I have added the line code in; Appearance >> customize >> Additional CSS >> then add this “add_filter( ‘generate_more_tag’, ‘__return_empty_string’ );”, am I correct??

But the Excerpt is still not disabled yet. http://www.emyshub.com

was the code added in the right place?

[David]

That code is PHP – this article explains how to add it:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

TLDR: If you’re not using a Child Theme then install the Code Snippets plugin and add the code to a new snippet.

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[Dailyaim Limited]

1. Am I using a Child theme and How do I know if am using a Child Theme??

Because so far the only I have done was to download and install the GeneratePress theme and premium plugin. Then for some of my sites, I selected templates from the site-library, while some I customized it like that (without selecting from the site-library).

So am I using a child-theme??

2. Applying the above steps on my sites can insect the PHP code on functions.php file or better still install the Code Snippets plugin, or any of the options can serve?

[Leo]

1. It doesn’t sound like you are using a child theme.

You can check in Dashboard > Appearance > Themes.

2. Code Snippets is the best if you aren’t using a child theme already.

Do not modify the theme’s function.php as the changes will be erased during updates.

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Dailyaim Limited]

Mr Tom,
I have installed the Code Snippets plugin and added the add_filter( ‘generate_more_tag’, ‘__return_empty_string’ );, but still the post Excerpt is still showing. check out http://www.emyshub.com

[David]

Hi there,

something is injecting code into your post excerpt.
If you right click and inspect your excerpts and check the Element in the developers tools you will see this – i examined the latest post:

<div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text">
    <div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.emyshub.com/download-cloudapp-image-editor-screen-recorder/"></div>
        <p>Click here to Download CloudApp free software for Capturing and Instantly Sharing with your team… Record screen as a video with voice & …<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --></p>
    <div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.emyshub.com/download-cloudapp-image-editor-screen-recorder/"></div>
    <p><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --></p>
</div>

So another plugin or function is inserting code into your excerpt. You will need to find which plugin/function is causing that.

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