One frequently asked question that users pose is “How do I change the WordPress […] text on post excerpts?”
In many cases, not only do people ask about changing the text, but they would also like to turn the text into a link to the post. Add one of the code snippets below to your functions.php and you will achieve your desired goal.
add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'vmf_read_more_custom_excerpt' );
function vmf_read_more_custom_excerpt( $text ) {
if ( strpos( $text, '[…]') ) {
$excerpt = str_replace( '[…]', '[Read More…]', $text );
} else {
$excerpt = $text;
}
return $excerpt;
}
add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'vmf_read_more_custom_excerpt' );
function vmf_read_more_custom_excerpt( $text ) {
if ( strpos( $text, '[…]') ) {
$excerpt = str_replace( '[…]', '[Read More…]', $text );
} else {
$excerpt = $text;
}
return $excerpt;
}
You can also use these snippets for content limited excerpts by changing “the_excerpt” in the add-filter statement to “the_content_limit”.