[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #4679: the_content() vs. the_excerpt() -
apply different filters to posts without excerpt text specified
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Sat Jul 28 08:00:50 GMT 2007
#4679: the_content() vs. the_excerpt() - apply different filters to posts without
excerpt text specified
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Reporter: fuggi | Owner: anonymous
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Administration | Version:
Severity: normal | Keywords: filters, the_content, the_excerpt
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There is a problem with the way that WP handles the excerpt for posts,
that do not have a excerpt text specified.
In this case WP applies the wp_trim_excerpt function via default filter
which takes the posts content (get_the_content), applies the_content
filters and then removes HTML etc.
So this means, that those excerpts will always have the filters for
the_content applied and there is now way to prevent it from doing that to
have different filters for the_content and the_excerpt (except from
writing an excerpt of course).
It would make more sense if WP would not apply the filters for the_content
in this case, so that plugin developers have the possibility to apply an
other filter to the posts when displayed in the excerpt than when
displayed as post. Plugin designers who want to add their action to both
content and excerpt (if no own excerpt is written) should have the
possibility to add a filter to get_the_content instead.
My plugin WP-Simpleviewer adds a Flash based gallery posts - and when
these posts are viewed with the_excerpt() they show up with some
javascript/html looking content, however I would like to show something
like "Read the whole post to see the gallery".
So IMHO what has to be done is to add the possibility to add filters to
get_the_content (according to the codex this does not work yet) and to
remove the commented line from function wp_trim_excerpt(formatting.php):
{{{
$text = get_the_content('');
//$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4679>
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