What Happens with the Excerpt When You Compose a New Post with WP 2.7+?

Author: Chris Pearson Published: December 4, 2009 19 comments

Olympic sculture in front of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta

Epic toe pointing is epic. Are links epic, too?

If you compose a new post in WordPress 2.7 or higher, it looks as though the excerpt field may be auto-populated in a way that it was not in previous versions. I only mention this because I’ve noticed some janky <meta name="description" /> behavior over the last couple of weeks, and I’ve got to solve this problem to ensure that I’m not screwing with people’s <head>s, ya dig?

What if I want to go to VPS.net?

This is my primary Modular Content.

What if I have a second paragraph and test’n apostrophes?

Does this work
With list markup
Or will this throw it off?

And how about a final paragraph?

19 comments… add one

Godhammer Apr 8, 2011 @ 9:40

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pearsonified Oct 18, 2011 @ 10:35

So if I leave a comment, it’s not going to leave it as a brand new god damn comment?

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- Chris Pearson Sep 17, 2013 @ 9:19
  And what if you want to put a list inside a comment? I’d be irate if that didn’t work, too:
  - Rule 1: The lists ought to work.
  - Rule 2: They’ve gotta have bullets.
  - Rule 3: Provide proper spacing every time.
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Chris Pearson May 6, 2013 @ 15:14

Would you consider this an author comment? I would.

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