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Are you a WordPress developer or enthusiast who has encountered the frustration of not being able to use the_excerpt function outside of the main loop? If so, you’re not alone. Many people have struggled with trying to display a post excerpt in a different location on their WordPress site, only to find that the_excerpt function simply doesn’t work outside of the loop. In this article, we’ll explore some alternative methods and show you how to get the_excerpt to work outside of the loop.
function wpturbo_get_exceprt_outside_loop($post_id) {
$post = get_post($post_id);
$excerpt = $post->post_excerpt;
return $excerpt;
}
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The code snippet provided aims to solve the problem of retrieving the excerpt of a post outside of the WordPress loop. With this function, developers can easily fetch the post excerpt by passing the post ID as a parameter.
To begin, we define a new function called wpturbo_get_excerpt_outside_loop() which accepts $post_id as its parameter. This function allows us to retrieve the post object using the get_post() function, passing the $post_id variable as its argument.
$post = get_post($post_id);Next, we store the excerpt value from the post object in the $excerpt variable. This can be achieved by accessing the post_excerpt property of the post object.
$excerpt = $post->post_excerpt;Finally, we return the $excerpt value from the function, allowing us to use it elsewhere in our code.
return $excerpt;By utilizing this function, developers can easily retrieve the excerpt of a post outside of the WordPress loop by providing the post ID as an argument to the function. This offers flexibility and enables the extraction of specific data from posts for various purposes, such as displaying it in different sections of a website or customizing the display of post excerpts.