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the_excerpt

Description

Applied to the post excerpt (or post content, if there is no excerpt) retrieved from the database, prior to printing on the screen (also used in some other operations, such as trackbacks).

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WordPress version history for the_excerpt

This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 2.6. (Note that some intermediate versions are not indexed, particularly 2.0.1 through 2.0.10.) If 2.6 does not show up below, then this hook is deprecated.

Version File Type
1.2.1 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
1.2.2 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
1.5 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
1.5.1 wp-includes/functions-post.php View hook in source filter
1.5.1 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
1.5.2 wp-includes/functions-post.php View hook in source filter
1.5.2 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
2.0 wp-includes/functions-post.php View hook in source filter
2.0 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/functions-post.php View hook in source filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php View hook in source filter
2.1 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.1 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.1.3 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.1.3 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.2 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.2 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.2.1 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.2.1 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.2.2 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.2.2 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.2.3 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.2.3 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.3 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.3 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.3.1 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.3.1 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.3.2 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.3.2 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.3.3 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.3.3 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.5 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.5 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter
2.6 wp-includes/comment.php View hook in source filter
2.6 wp-includes/post-template.php View hook in source filter

Related Hooks

We find related hooks using word stems. the_excerpt has 1 significant word stem(s): excerpt. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.