Forcing a ‘read more’ link on WordPress excerpts
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', function ( $more ) { return ''; } ); function custom_excerpt_filter( $text, $raw_excerpt ) { global $post; return $text . '… <a class="read-more" href="'. get_permalink( $post->ID ) . '">read more »</a>'; } add_filter( 'wp_trim_excerpt', 'custom_excerpt_filter', 10, 2 );