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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 3.5.

Version File Line Type
1.2.1 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php 138 View hook in source filter
1.5.2 wp-includes/functions-post.php 544 View hook in source filter
1.5.2 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php 96 View hook in source filter
2.0 wp-includes/functions-post.php 705 View hook in source filter
2.0 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php 102 View hook in source filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/functions-post.php 721 View hook in source filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/template-functions-post.php 105 View hook in source filter
2.1 wp-includes/comment.php 630 View hook in source filter
2.1 wp-includes/post-template.php 114 View hook in source filter
2.2 wp-includes/comment.php 631 View hook in source filter
2.2 wp-includes/post-template.php 114 View hook in source filter
2.3 wp-includes/comment.php 651 View hook in source filter
2.3 wp-includes/post-template.php 136 View hook in source filter
2.5 wp-includes/comment.php 1049 View hook in source filter
2.5 wp-includes/post-template.php 137 View hook in source filter
2.6 wp-includes/comment.php 1108 View hook in source filter
2.6 wp-includes/post-template.php 137 View hook in source filter
2.7 wp-includes/comment.php 1337 View hook in source filter
2.7 wp-includes/post-template.php 238 View hook in source filter
2.8 wp-includes/comment.php 1351 View hook in source filter
2.8 wp-includes/post-template.php 244 View hook in source filter
2.9 wp-includes/comment.php 1578 View hook in source filter
2.9 wp-includes/post-template.php 237 View hook in source filter
3.0 wp-includes/comment.php 1643 View hook in source filter
3.0 wp-includes/post-template.php 240 View hook in source filter
3.1 wp-includes/comment.php 1705 View hook in source filter
3.1 wp-includes/post-template.php 250 View hook in source filter
3.2 wp-includes/comment.php 1716 View hook in source filter
3.2 wp-includes/post-template.php 250 View hook in source filter
3.3 wp-includes/comment.php 1710 View hook in source filter
3.3 wp-includes/post-template.php 250 View hook in source filter
3.4 wp-includes/comment.php 1718 View hook in source filter
3.4 wp-includes/post-template.php 247 View hook in source filter
3.5 wp-includes/comment.php 1757 View hook in source filter
3.5 wp-includes/post-template.php 249 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.