How to Customize Genesis Post Excerpts

How to Customize Genesis Post Excerpts. Guide on how to modify excerpt length, display thumbnail, customize read more link in Genesis Theme with screenshots is available. Hope, you will read this article Completely without missing a word.

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Modify Content Length in Genesis Post Excerpt

By default “Excerpts” display 50 words of content and if you need to modify the content length, below code will help you.

/** Change the length of post excerpts in Genesis */
function post_excerpt_length($length) {
return 40;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'post_excerpt_length' );

This code returns first 40 words in the content by default. Based on the requirement, you can replace the highlighted number by any positive integer.

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Display Thumbnail in Genesis Post Excerpt

In Genesis, post excerpts can be customized to great extent and there is an inbuilt option to display “Thumbnail” inside post excerpt. Feature image will be displayed as thumbnail and image size can also be selected.

PS: Thumbnails will be displayed only when “Display Post Excerpts” option is enabled. Go to Genesis Theme Settings page to activate post excerpts and select “Include Featured Image” option.

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Customize Read More link in Genesis Post Excerpt

Read More link is displayed in excerpts on home, archive and category pages. If you want to add “Read More…” link in excerpts of custom Genesis Child Theme, then use this code.

/** Custom Read More link for Genesis Post Excerpts */
function custom_read_more_link() {
return '<a href="' .get_permalink() .'" rel="nofollow">Read More...</a>';
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'custom_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'custom_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'custom_read_more_link' );

This code includes all filters related to “read more” link and hence link will be customized for <-more-> tag also.

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Change Read More link to “Continue Reading”

If you wish to change “Read More…” link to any other like “Continue Reading…”, just change the highlighted text in the above code to required one and add it to functions file by following the method below.

TIP: Its recommended to backup files before editing Genesis Theme.

How to add code to Genesis child Theme

Simple tutorial on how to add functionality to Genesis Child Theme.

• Login to WordPress and go to “Appearance Menu“.
• Edit functions.php file using “Editor“.
• Copy & Paste the below code to functions.php and update it.
• Voila, you have successfully customized Post Excerpts in Genesis.

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