[Support request] Why are blogs in columns showing more text than settings

[Joe]

I tried wp show post plugin but could not get it to show columns. So I am using the customize blog settings with 4 columns and 24 words. one blog is right and the others are not. I set each blog page to standard. What am I doing wrong?
https://smartsteps.net/blog-roll/
thanks for your help.

[David]

Hi there,

the Excerpt length in the Customizer > Layout > Blog only applies to Excerpts that are automatically generated.
Some of your Posts are using the More Tag:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-the-more-tag/

So those posts don’t have an auto excerpt.

You can either:

a. remove the More Tags from those posts

b. Add this PHP Snippet to your site so that GP ignores them and display an Auto Excerpt instead:

add_filter( 'generate_more_tag', '__return_empty_string' );

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

[Joe]

Removing the more tag worked, it looks much better thanks.
Is there a way to create borders or blocks around the blog items with the customize option or css?

[David]

If you’re happy with using CSS then try this:

.generate-columns .inside-article {
    padding: 0 15px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;

}

if theres a specific style you want, let me know 🙂

[Joe]

Thank you

[Joe]

I am great with the css you gave me.
I have another issue, I set them to show title below the image, but they are not showing.

[Fernando]

Hi Joe,

In Simple CSS, there’s this code:

/* hide all titles*/
            .entry-title {
                display: none;
            }

You’ll need to remove it to show the title.

[Author]

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