[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25191: Regarding Access of excerpt of Page

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#25191: Regarding Access of excerpt of Page
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 Reporter:  alpesh1988         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Pages indeed don't have an Excerpt meta box by default, but you can add it
 using [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_post_type_support
 add_post_type_support()] in theme's `functions.php` file::
 {{{
 function my_custom_init() {
         add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
 }
 add_action( 'init', 'my_custom_init' );
 }}}

 This would only work if the page has the `post_excerpt` database field
 actually filled in via the meta box.
 {{{
 $page_id = 2; // Sample Page
 $post = get_post( $page_id );
 echo $post->post_excerpt;
 }}}

 This, however, works even if `post_excerpt` field is empty, by applying
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_trim_excerpt
 wp_trim_excerpt()] function to the content:
 {{{
 $page_id = 2; // Sample Page
 $post = get_post( $page_id );
 setup_postdata( $post );
 the_excerpt();
 wp_reset_postdata();
 }}}

 This behaviour is the same for posts and pages, it did not change in 3.6
 and has nothing to do with `get_page()` soft deprecation in 3.5. This
 sounds like a support issue, I don't see a bug here.

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