[Resolved] Full length posts for 1 category, else excerpt only

[arthur]

Hi I want one specific category to include the full length of the post, while others would show the excerpt.

I found this article that tells how to do it, by altering the theme files:
https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/want-one-category-post-show-full-content-but-others-to-show-excerpts-in-loop

BUT, if there is a simple hook or something that will achieve the same thing, it seems it would make much more sense to just put in a few lines in functions.php in my child theme. As opposed to overriding the entire file for just one small change.

Any thoughts on how to achieve this?

Thanks!

[Leo]

Hi there,

Take a look at the first example here:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_show_excerpt/

The conditional tag you will need:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Category_Page

Let me know if you need more info 🙂

[arthur]

Hey Leo, I tried this. But it doesn’t seem to be working…..

add_filter( 'generate_show_excerpt','tu_full_post_photos' );
function tu_full_post_search( $show_excerpt ) {
    if ( is_category('6') ) {
		return false;
	}
	return $show_excerpt;
}

[Leo]

The function name has to match. Try this:

add_filter( 'generate_show_excerpt','tu_full_post_photos' );
function tu_full_post_photos( $show_excerpt ) {
    if ( is_category('6') ) {
		return false;
	}
	return $show_excerpt;
}

Let me know 🙂

[arthur]

Oh haha I know better than that thanks for catching my mistake.

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

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