the_excerpt and shortcodes

Question

the_excerpt and shortcodes

Colton Allen

2022年3月29日 14:57

I'm using the_excerpt on my index page. I'm also using a dropcap shortcode at the beginning of each of my posts. On the index page, the posts will not display the letter with the dropcap shortcode around it. If my post beings with the word Dog the index page displays og. How do I get shortcodes to work when using the_excerpt?

Shortcode

function drcap ($atts, $content = null) {
    return 'div class=dropcap' . do_shortcode($content) . '/div';
}

add_shortcode('dropcap', 'drcap');

Topic shortcode excerpt Wordpress

Category Web

Programmer Dan · Accepted Answer · 2015年9月24日 18:24

Here's a solution for including shortcode output within Wordpress's auto-generated excerpts:

add_filter('the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');
remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt', 10);
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'my_custom_wp_trim_excerpt', 99, 1);
function my_custom_wp_trim_excerpt($text) {
    if(''==$text) {
        $text= preg_replace('/\s/', ' ', wp_strip_all_tags(get_the_content('')));
        $text= explode(' ', $text, 56);
        array_pop($text);
        $text= implode(' ', $text);
    }
    return $text;
}

This implementation assumes a word-length of 55.

Hope it helps someone.

H6. · Accepted Answer · 2015年4月24日 20:59

In the auto-generated excerpt shortcodes will be removed by Wordpress:

An auto-generated excerpt will also have all shortcodes and tags removed. It is trimmed down to a word-boundary and the default length is 55 words.

Anyhow, if you use the manual excerpt field for your post, it works.

tammy · Accepted Answer · 2015年3月4日 14:13

1

tammy answered at 2015年3月4日 14:13

Also, add these 2 lines to your functions.php file for complete and comprehensive results:

add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'shortcode_unautop');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');

Bainternet · Accepted Answer · 2012年2月18日 07:13

1

Bainternet answered at 2012年2月18日 07:13

Paste this in your theme's functions.php file

add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'shortcode_unautop');
add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');

the_excerpt and shortcodes

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