BetterWPReadMore
November 14th, 2006 by Erik J. Barzeski
BetterWPReadMore
After complaining about how WordPress formats "read more" links, I spent a little while kicking out the first version of this plugin. It works well in my tests, but as a version 0.1, I don't know that it will work for everyone. It's also not as efficient as it could be: this is "working" code that I'm releasing for further testing.
BetterWPReadMore provides you more customization options to format your "read more..." links. This plugin offers four options:
- Remove <a id="more-xxxx"> on individual pages.
- Remove "#more-xxxx" from "read more" links on index.
- Add title to "Read More" links on index.
- Put "Read More" links in their own paragraph.
Download
- BetterWPReadMore.zip (two files - plugin file and admin options file).
This plugin has no warranty. That being said, I've been using it for a few weeks without problems. You may not like how the emails look, but I find them a bit more palatable.
Installation and Use
- Download and unzip the folder.
- Upload the "BetterWPReadMore" folder to your
/wp-content/pluginsfolder. - Activate the plugin.
- Visit the "Options" page, click "BetterWPReadMore," and configure some settings.
- Note: BetterWPReadMore applies a
class="readmorelink"to either the<span>or<p>tag (depending on how you've set that option). If you want to style your "read more" link, do so withspan.readmorelinkorp.readmorelink. - Enjoy!
0.1 (November 20, 2006)
- Initial release
0.2 (January 23, 2006)
- Added WordPress 2.1 support. Should be backwards compatible with WordPress 2.0.x.
Posted 21 Jan 2007 at 2:14pm #
Excellent job on this plug-in. I was having a difficult time getting the read more link on the same line as my posted in categories line. I did not want to hack the source code as this would make upgrades a pain. This does everything I want. Thanks so much for sharing this!!
I hope you can continue to update it as required by any new versions of WP that may break this plug-in. Are you aware of any bugs that I need to be aware of that I may not have spotted. I am using 2.0.7
Posted 04 Apr 2007 at 3:35am #
Great plugin that solves an annoying problem. Thanks for whipping it up.
One question: How do you change the read-more link text now? I noticed that after installing and activating the plugin, my links now read simply "Read more" instead of the custom text I have entered into my theme files.
Come to think of it (as a request/suggestion) would it be possible to include an option for changing the more link text from the admin menu in a future version of BetterWPReadMore?
Thanks
Posted 10 Mar 2009 at 11:19am #
I'm interested in this plugin but you don't seem to use it on your own site. Does it still work?
Posted 10 Mar 2009 at 11:56am #
[quote comment="53262"]I'm interested in this plugin but you don't seem to use it on your own site. Does it still work?[/quote]
It still works with WordPress 2.7.1, yes, and I've always used it on this site (and a few others).
Posted 15 Mar 2009 at 3:45pm #
[...] BetterWPReadMore: Elimina la palabra “more” del enlace “Read more” o “Leer mas” cuando muestras un extracto en lugar del articulo completo. Desde la pagina principal piedes verlo al pasar el puntero del raton sobre “Leer el resto del articulo”. [...]
Posted 09 Oct 2009 at 6:33pm #
This is exactly what I've been looking for. thanks man! 😎
Posted 16 Sep 2010 at 4:31am #
Great job, thanks a lot !
Posted 31 Dec 2010 at 6:43pm #
I was having a problem with double read more links showing up on a custom homepage. This solved it (in WP 3.0.4) by unchecking 'Put "Read More" links in their own paragraph.' Thanks!!