Is there a way to change the automatic "..." to "[...]" in GP

Hi Scott,

This function should work:

add_action( 'after_setup_theme','tu_remove_read_more' );
function tu_remove_read_more() {
    remove_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'generate_blog_excerpt_more', 99 );
}

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'tu_blog_excerpt_more', 99 );
function tu_blog_excerpt_more( $more ) {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_blog_get_defaults' ) )
        return;

    $generate_settings = wp_parse_args( 
        get_option( 'generate_blog_settings', array() ), 
        generate_blog_get_defaults() 
    );
	
    // If empty, return
    if ( '' == $generate_settings['read_more'] )
        return;
		
    return ' [...] <a title="' . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . '" class="read-more" href="'. esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ) . '">' . $generate_settings['read_more'] . '</a>';
}

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets

If you don't have anything entered in Customizer > Blog > Blog Content > Read more label, then try inserting a space.

Let me know.

I tried this it didn't work maybe i did something wrong

I downloaded and installed code snippets plugin

Then I added a new snipped and copied the above (see below)

add_action( 'after_setup_theme','tu_remove_read_more' );
function tu_remove_read_more() {
remove_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'generate_blog_excerpt_more', 99 );
}

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'tu_blog_excerpt_more', 99 );
function tu_blog_excerpt_more( $more ) {
if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_blog_get_defaults' ) )
return;

$generate_settings = wp_parse_args(
get_option( 'generate_blog_settings', array() ),
generate_blog_get_defaults()
);

// If empty, return
if ( '' == $generate_settings['read_more'] )
return;

return ' [...] ' . $generate_settings['read_more'] . '';
}

It didn't work - nothing changed. Is it because I should do something with my show posts lists?

After that, I also went to customizer to see blog>blog content>readmore and added a space but nothing changed either.

You could actually simplify it quite a bit now:

add_filter( 'generate_excerpt_more_output','tu_change_read_more' );
function tu_change_read_more() {
    return sprintf( ' [...] <a title="%1$s" class="read-more" href="%2$s">Read more</a>',
        the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ),
        esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) )
    );
}

Make sure the code snippet you added is actually activated as well.

I tried creating a snippet and activated it but it still didn't work.

I tried both snippets including the most recent one:
add_filter( 'generate_excerpt_more_output','tu_change_read_more' );
function tu_change_read_more() {
return sprintf( ' [...] Read more',
the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ),
esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) )
);
}

Do I need to edit function.php?

What version of GP are you using?

Can you show me a screenshot of the code snippet page?

http://tinypic.com/r/33nampf/9

Any chance you can show me the full page?

Do you mean like this?
http://tinypic.com/r/j5xwea/9

I don't really know if it's any different - maybe you meant something else also...

Strange.. Is there any way you can send me temporary admin login details?: https://generatepress.com/contact/

sent thanks

Ahh you're using WP Show Posts.

Try this instead:

add_filter( 'wpsp_ellipses','tu_wpsp_ellipses' );
function tu_wpsp_ellipses() {
    return '[...]';
}

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