/******************************************************************************
* @Author: Boutros AbiChedid
* @Date: June 20, 2011
* @Websites: http://bacsoftwareconsulting.com/ ; http://blueoliveonline.com/
* @Description: Preserves HTML formating to the automatically generated Excerpt.
* Also Code modifies the default excerpt_length and excerpt_more filters.
*******************************************************************************/
function custom_wp_trim_excerpt($text) {
$raw_excerpt = $text;
if ( '' == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content('');
$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
/***Add the allowed HTML tags separated by a comma.***/
$allowed_tags = '<br>,<li>,<p>';
$text = strip_tags($text, $allowed_tags);
/***Change the excerpt word count.***/
$excerpt_word_count = 60;
$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', $excerpt_word_count);
/*** Change the excerpt ending.***/
$excerpt_end = ' <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . '» Continue Reading.' . '</a>';
$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . $excerpt_end);
$words = preg_split("/[\n\r\t ]+/", $text, $excerpt_length + 1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
if ( count($words) > $excerpt_length ) {
array_pop($words);
$text = implode(' ', $words);
$text = $text . $excerpt_more;
} else {
$text = implode(' ', $words);
}
}
return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
}
remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_wp_trim_excerpt');