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Dean Yeong
Dean Yeong
10,053 Points
Posted by Dean Yeong
Dean Yeong
10,053 Points

Strip Tags

I like to strip of the <p> tag so the 'continue reading' is in the same paragraph with the excerpt. Can someone please correct me? Thanks.

<div class="home-post-content">
        <?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt(); ); ?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
</div>

2 Answers

Zac Gordon
STAFF
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Check out this article in the Codex on customizing the_excerpt. It's best done from the functions.php page (as mentioned by Dave). http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More

Dave Thomson
Dave Thomson
3,157 Points
Dave Thomson
Dave Thomson
3,157 Points

Straight off I can see a syntax error on line 2 - the first semicolon would need removed;

The method I use to do this involves adding code to the functions.php file in your theme, this way the change is handled consistently across the theme and it keeps your files a little bit cleaner...

function new_excerpt_more( $more ) {
    return ' <a href="'. get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '">Continue Reading</a>';
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more' );