Adds a "Continue Reading →" link to Hand-Crafted Excerpts on Archive Pages (i.e. Blog). Mainly for use with Studio Press Themes.
As of April 2026, Continue Reading Link for Excerpts is a WordPress genesis plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Genesis eNews Extended.
Adds a “Continue Reading →” link to Hand-Crafted Excerpts on Archive Pages (i.e. Blog Pages). Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content, that show up on Archive Pages, RSS feeds, etc. Hand-crafting these summaries give you a SEO as well as click through advantage.
The “Excerpt” field may not display by default on your edit post page, if not, click “Screen Options” at the top of the page and check “Excerpt”.
Mainly for use with StudioPress since StudioPress adds continue link to auto generated excerpts but not hand-crafted, but should work with other themes as well. Just note that this only modifies output for posts you’ve entered text into the “Excerpt” field, and, for themes that display the “Exce…
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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