Wordpress' documentation suggests adding the following to functions.php to enable what I want to do:
function new_excerpt_more($post) {
return '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">' . 'Read the Rest...' . '</a>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');
As per: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt
But when I add this to functions.php, and I attempt to use it, I don't see the more link. Here is how I try to use it:
the_excerpt(__('(more...)'));
I've also tried:
the_excerpt();
Update: I've tried the following, but it either returns an error (if no arguments), or it doesn't display any excerpt or anything (if an argument):
function new_excerpt_more($excerpt) {
$link = get_permalink();
$title = the_title('','',false);
$ahref = '<a href="'.$link.'" title="'.$title.'">more...</a>';
return str_replace('[...]', $ahref, $excerpt);
}
add_filter('wp_trim_excerpt', 'new_excerpt_more');