[Resolved] Read More button "bug"

[Scott]

Tom,

I really love your GeneratePress theme. I’m learning how to use it on a website for a School Bond issue.

I would like to use hand crafted “excerpts” in the blog post page. I and the other team members will craft the excerpts manually to generate interest.

However, when I do so, the “Read More” button that I really like disappears. It only shows up on posts where I don’t define a hand crafted excerpt and let the theme grab the first X characters from the post.

It seems to me if I choose to use the “Read More” button that this button should show up whether I use a hand crafted excerpt or not. Can this be fixed in a future update?

– Scott

[Leo]

Hi Scott,

This has actually been brought up a couple times now and we are looking into it.

Here is the interim solution: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/how-to-display-read-more-when-using-the-excerpt-field/#post-297608

[Scott]

Thanks for letting me know you are looking into it for a future update. I’m not too keen on editing even a child theme’s functions.php file.

Instead I’ve added a plugin called “Read More Excerpt Link” and added some CSS to make it look like a button:

/* create what looks like a Read More button */
.read-more-link {background-color:#222; padding:.5rem 1rem; color:white !important; border-radius:1rem;}
.read-more-link:hover {background-color:#999;}

Let me know when you’ve added it to the theme and I’ll pull the CSS and plugin out.

Thanks again,

Scott

[Leo]

Thanks for sharing your solution!

[Marcel]

Hi Leo,

i have the same problem with the Read More Button.
I am using the version GP Premium 1.7.7.
Is the Problem nit fixed?

Best Regards
Marcel

[David]

Hi there,

its not a bug but the way that WordPress handles excerpts. To use the readmore link with manual excerpts follow Tom’s instructions here:

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

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