Post excerpt are not being pulled through (Cornerstone and WPBakery Page Builder)

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#1

Hi there,

When I create posts in Cornerstone or WPBakery Page Builder, the post excerpt does not get pulled through on the frontend of my blog. Excerpt only gets pulled through when I create the post via WordPress directly.

Could you please advise, as I would like to continue using Coernstone and/or WPBakery Page Builder, but I’ll be unable to if the post excerpt doesn’t get pulled through?

Many thanks!

#2

Hello There,

Thanks for writing in! Excerpts were dynamically generated from the very first 55 words of the post by default. When the post content is wrapped with a shortcode like the Cornerstone or VC formatting shortcodes, no excerpts will be generated. To resolve this issue, you must insert a manual excerpts instead. Manual Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme.Learn more about manual excerpts here.

Hope this helps.

#3

Hi RueNel,

Many thanks.

I’ve had a look at my posts and pages, and there’s no place for me to add manual excerpts?
I have seen on other websites (backend) that there’s a field where they can add their excerpt (which is also mentioned in your link above), however that section is missing from my site (backend)?

Please advise.

Many thanks!

#4

Hey There,

Thanks for updating in!

For posts, you will need to find the screen options and enable the Manual Excerpts.

And for pages, by default, page excerpts were disabled by WordPress. This is why you are only seeing page titles and no descriptions in it. You have to turn in on by inserting this following code in your child theme’s functions.php file

// Add manual excerpts to pages
// =============================================================================
add_action( 'init', 'my_add_excerpts_to_pages' );
function my_add_excerpts_to_pages() {
     add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
}
// =============================================================================

To display the page excerpt, you may have to use the manual excerpts. To add an excerpt to a page, simply write one in the Excerpt field under the post edit box. Please see the screenshot below: http://prntscr.com/a57dbr

We would loved to know if this has work for you. Thank you.

#5

Hi Runel,

Thanks for your reply.

Within posts in Screen Options, I do not get the option to click ‘excerpt’.

Please advise.

Many thanks!

#6

Hi,

It’s available in Edit Post Page not in All Post

You need to select a post to edit.

Thanks

#7

Hi Paul,

There are nowhere in my blog posts page where I can edit the excerpt. Please see attached screenshots. My previous screenshot above was to show that there is no option to edit the excerpt. See RueNel’s screenshot, he has an option for ‘Excerpt’ within screen options. I do not. Also within my blog post page, there’s nowhere to edit the excerpt?

Please advise.

Many thanks

#8

Hello There,

Please understand that in each of the sections in WordPress like posts, pages, plugins, settings, they have a different set of features or option when you click the Screen Options.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Screens#Screen_Options

Please edit a post first before you click the screen options. This is where you can find where you can enable/disable the manual excerpt.

Hope this make sense.

#9

Hi RueNel,

Great thanks for your response.

Makes sense now :slight_smile:

Many thanks! Have a great weekend.

#10

You’re welcome!
Thanks for letting us know that it has worked for you.

#11

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