[Resolved] Display Excerpt on post (as added in excerpt field) and read more

[JC]

Hello,

I think I have found the solution for one of my problems but just want to confirm.

Issue 1 is when Excerpt field is filled in, custom excerpt, it does not display on category views so will this solve it?: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/activating-read-custom-excerpt/

Issue 2, displaying the custom excerpt (as added to excerpt field during post edit) on a post and changing it to H2. What is the best way to go about this without adding any additional plugins or altering the theme files.

I do have the paid version so can this be done via ELEMENTS if so any help/direciton would be apprediated 🙂

[JC]

For ISSUE 2, I have tried this:

add_action('generate_after_entry_header', 'db_single_post_excerpt');
function db_single_post_excerpt() {
    if ( is_single() && has_excerpt() ) {
        $single_excerpt = apply_filters('the_excerpt', get_post_field('post_excerpt', $post_id));
        echo '<div class="single-excerpt">' . $single_excerpt . '</div>';
    }  
}

The only issue is the image is set to display below title (Customiser/Layout/Blog) but now I get the Excerpt first then image, I want it below the image and not before.

[David]

Hi there,

1. Yep thats correct.
2. In that code try changing the first line ie.

add_action('generate_after_entry_header', 'db_single_post_excerpt');

to:

add_action('generate_after_entry_header', 'db_single_post_excerpt', 50);

[JC]

Thank you David. Just for the sake of learning what does the 50 represent? That sets it to priority 50, right?

[Leo]

Yes exactly 🙂

[JC]

Hello,

So I have this setup:

add_action('generate_after_entry_header', 'db_single_post_excerpt', 50);
function db_single_post_excerpt() {
    if ( is_single() && has_excerpt() ) {
        $single_excerpt = apply_filters('the_excerpt', get_post_field('post_excerpt', $post_id));
        echo '<div class="single-excerpt"><h2>' . $single_excerpt . '</h2></div>';
    }  
}

The problem is that the output is this;

<h2><p>excerpt text</p></h2>

I don’t want the Paragraph elements in there it must only be in the H elements. What am I doing wrong or how can I do this better maybe by setting it up via ELEMENTS?

[JC]

I feel so enabled… I solved it with a bit of Googling and luck so sharing.

I changed:
the_excerpt
to
get_the_excerpt

So the output is now without the paragraph elements for the excerpt. 🙂

/** excerpt on post and wihtout paragraph elements **/
add_action('generate_after_entry_header', 'db_single_post_excerpt', 50);
function db_single_post_excerpt() {
    if ( is_single() && has_excerpt() ) {
        $single_excerpt = apply_filters('get_the_excerpt', get_post_field('post_excerpt', $post_id));
        echo '<div class="single-excerpt"><h2>' . $single_excerpt . '</h2></div>';
    }  
}

[David]

Glad to hear you found the solution 🙂 And thanks for sharing!!!

[Author]

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