How To Customize The Read More Link for Twentyten Child Theme

Changing the text of your wordpress blog’s read more link is really easy. There are two instances where a read more link appears, the default one, where the function the_content is used, and the posts excerpt where the_excerpt function is used.

Customizing the read more link (the_content)

To customize the read more link for your posts, just edit the corresponding parameter of the function the_content wherever it is called,  usually at loop-index.php of your child theme. Just type the text that you want to use as shown in the example below: <?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading the rest of the article <span>&rarr;</span>', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>

Customizing the read more link (the_excerpt)

Customizing the read more link for your summary pages (the_excerpt) is a little more complicated. Here’s what you need to do:

• Open your child theme’s function.php file
• Add the following functions
• Edit the read more text below on the text that you want to be used.

function after_setup_theme_extend(){    remove_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'twentyten_auto_excerpt_more' );} function new_excerpt_more($more) { return ' [....] <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> Continue reading this article</a> '   ;} add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

That’s it. Your read more text should be customized upon viewing your wordpress site.