[Resolved] No "Read More" buttons

[Edin]

I wonder why I don’t have any “Read More” buttons below every article in the homepage posts view?

I have activated “Display read more as button” under Layout / Blog in the customizer.

Thank you!

[Leo]

Hi there,

Are you using custom excerpt?

If so try this: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/how-to-display-read-more-when-using-the-excerpt-field/#post-297608

[Edin]

Thank you Leo, but curiously that didn’t work for me.

Any other idea?

[Leo]

Hmm it should work. How did you add it?

[Edin]

I added the code to my functions.php.

[Tom]

Can you try deactivating your other plugins to see if one of them is altering the excerpt?

[Edin]

I’ve added the code again to the live site and it worked.

But it added a “Read More” text link right at the end of the excerpt, not the button?

It’s not a big deal, though…

[Tom]

To turn it into a button, use this instead:

add_filter( 'wp_trim_excerpt', 'tu_excerpt_metabox_more' );
function tu_excerpt_metabox_more( $excerpt ) {
	$output = $excerpt;
	
	if ( has_excerpt() ) {
		$output = sprintf( '%1$s <p class="read-more-button-container"><a class="button" href="%2$s">Read more</a></p>',
			$excerpt,
			get_permalink()
		);
	}
	
	return $output;
}

[Edin]

Thank you Tom. That worked perfectly!

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

[Olivier]

Hello
I have the same problem, I have tested everything as indicated and nothing changes.
My site is in development, not online.

I have a actived the excerpt with a text, but in my page Blog, the excerpt no appear, just my full text.

I use a theme child and I have test with the two codes in the function.php, nothing change.

Thank you for your help

WP 4.9.2
GP Premium 1.5.6
Elementor Free 1.9.3

[Leo]

Can you make sure excerpt is turned on? https://docs.generatepress.com/article/blog-content-layout/#archives

If yes we would need to see the live site unfortunately.

[Olivier]

OOOH thank you Leo :p
I must learn this theme.

So I have a problem this option, she dont change the words.

[Leo]

Are you using Tom’s code here? https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/no-read-more-buttons/#post-481230

If so you need to actually change the “Read more” in the code.

[Olivier]

pffff… yes… ^^

Thank you 🙂

It’s possible to use the real code for “read_more” instead of changing the text in function.php ?

[Author]

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