[Resolved] Custom Excerpt Length for Single Category in Child Theme

[Dee Broughton]

I know this might not be a theme question exactly, but here’s what I’m trying to do:

I created a child theme with only style.css and index.php.
I added a line to index.php to make only one category show on the front page.
That works.

Now, I want that category to show full posts while all others still use the default excerpt length. I think it should be easy, but I haven’t been able to figure it out alone. Any easy way?

I’m partly confused because I think I’d need functions.php in the child theme, but when I copy it into there, the theme breaks and the site goes blank.

[Tom]

Hi Dee,

functions.php is like style.css in child themes – it should be empty and only contain the custom stuff.

As for your index.php, replace:

get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );

With:

get_template_part( 'content', 'custom' );

Then make a copy of content.php and name it content-custom.php.

It should look like this: https://gist.github.com/generatepress/c2b2ee0b36793b445571

Basically, I removed any reference to the_excerpt, so it’s only calling the_content, which will show the full content.

Let me know if that helps or not 🙂

[Dee Broughton]

Works perfectly. Thanks bunches. 🙂

[Tom]

You’re welcome! 🙂

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