by Tim Eckel 5 (6 reviews)

Read More Excerpt Link

Name: Read More Excerpt Link
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: Tim Eckel

Create "Read More" link after post excerpt instead of ellipsis [...] Also modify excerpt length.

Read More Excerpt Link ranks #3,900 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jan 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 7 months ago Last Update on 30 Jan, 2026

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Feb 27, 2023

Read More Excerpt Link [read-more-excerpt-link] < 1.6.1

CVE-2023-1068 · Fixed in v1.6.1
Feb 21, 2023

Read More Excerpt Link [read-more-excerpt-link] < 1.6.1

CVE-2023-26011 · Fixed in v1.6.1

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jan 30, 2026
Requires WP: 2.9.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Tim Eckel

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Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use post excerpts and want a customizable link instead of the default ellipsis. It replaces the auto-generated ellipsis with a configurable Read More link and lets users control excerpt length and display behavior.

Replaces ellipsis with Read More link
Customizable link text
Adjustable excerpt word length
Show More Frequently option
Forces link with manual excerpts
Forces link with read more tag
Styleable via read-more-link class

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Read More Excerpt Link

In the WordPress Settings menu, select the Read More Excerpt submenu, where you can modify the default Read More text link.

WordPress defaults to an excerpt length of 55 words. You can change this from the WordPress Settings menu, select the Read More Excerpt submenu where you can modify the excerpt word length.

Normally, WordPress doesn't show a read more ellipsis if an excerpt is entered as part of the post. Also, WordPress doesn't show the read more ellipsis if a read more tag is placed in the content before the set excerpt legnth (defaults to 55 words). To change this, from the WordPress Settings menu, select the Read More Excerpt submenu where you can active the Show More Frequently option. This will force the Read More to show whenever there's post content.

Here's a suggestion: a.read-more-link { font-size: 0.9em; text-transform: uppercase; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; } a.read-more-link:before { content: "("; } a.read-more-link:after { content: ")"; }

There's also some over-zealous themes that re-write complete sections of WordPress code for no good reason. Elegant Themes is a good example of a theme company that makes highly bloated themes that re-write much of the WordPress normal operation. Basically, some themes totally ignore the perfectly working WordPress auto-excerpt and create their own. When themes do this, the Read More Excerpt plugin is ignored as the theme no longer calls the standard WordPress excerpt functions (which Read More Excerpt is hooked into). Other than making modifications to your theme, there's nothing any plugin can do when themes don't use the WordPress hooks and hard-code new functionality instead.

This is rare, but can happen when a theme is not strictly calling the get_the_excerpt() function but doing something with the result (like stripping HTML tags). If you know how to create a child of your template and make slight modifications to that child you can easily correct this. Start by looking at the theme's archive.php file and following any get_template_part() calls from there. It's best to not make changes directly to an off the shelf theme, as updates will override any changes you make. Creating a child theme is a better method of making changes to an off the shelf theme.

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