Rob,

This plugin was not written by us, we simply included a few additional lines of code. Rather than steal the credit from the proper source it is expected that a user would visit labitacora.net for the full documentation on using the “Limit Post” plugin.

Dawn,

What you’re looking for is a WordPress loop calling a page. The code below is working under the assumption there is or will be additional loops on the same page:

<div id="accordion-1">
 <dl>
  <dt>First slide</dt>
   <dd><h2>This is the first slide</h2>
    <img src="images/monsters/img1.png"/>
    <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('page_id=81');
               while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
               $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

              <?php get_the_content_limit(700, ''); ?>
              <?php endwhile; ?>
  </dd>
 </dl>
</div>

Dawn,

What slider are you using?

Maurintius,

Every WordPress site is created differently, some have the loop built into pages and as you can see Twenty Ten has it’s own loop file. Basically, do a search for “the_content” and replace it with the new code. For example in the case of Twenty Ten: loop.php: Line 122:

<?php /* How to display all other posts. */ ?>
 <?php else : ?>
  <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
   <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyten' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <div class="entry-meta">
    <?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?>
   </div><!-- .entry-meta -->

   <?php if ( is_archive() || is_search() ) : // Only display excerpts for archives and search. ?>
    <div class="entry-summary">
     <?php the_excerpt(); ?> 
    </div><!-- .entry-summary -->
   <?php else : ?>
    <div class="entry-content">

    <!--------------------------------------------------------->
     <?php the_content_limit(320, 'read more...' ); ?>
    <!--------------------------------------------------------->

     <?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
    </div><!-- .entry-content -->
    <?php endif; ?>

Max,

It’s hard to tell which the_content() should be replaced because we don’t know what theme you are using. All WordPress sites are coded differently. What you want to do is locate the_content() code that specifically calls on the post that needs to be shortened. If you can give us some more information we might be able to help.

Gabriel,

Create the Custom Field by giving it a name and the selecting the ‘Add Custom Field’ button. Now add the link to the ‘value’ area like so: http://books.google.de/books?id=gr0H_1IcHN8C&lpg=PA48&dq=subject%3A%22Business%20%26%20Economics%22%20Rating&pg=PP1&output=embed. Now set up the code like this:

<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:0px" src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'customFieldName', $single=true) ?>" width=620 height=620></iframe>

Now all that is necessary is to get the book link and enter it into the custom field keeping it separate from your post content.

Gabriel,

Click on Screen Options and check the box next to ‘Custom Fields’. Note that this option only appears if you are in a Post or Page. For example, on the Dashboard this is not an option under ‘Screen Options’

Gabriel,

What version of WordPress are you using?
Just in case: The Screen Options are located in the top right corner of the Dashboard, just under “Howdy, YourName”

Another option would be to install Magic Fields, which provides Custom Fields, though this is a little more time consuming. Check to see that the Custom Fields option isn’t already activated by visiting a Post and looking through the optional fields below the WYSIWYG Editor.

Gabriel,

You will need to setup a Custom Field ( This is built into WordPress, no plugin needed – Screen Options > Custom Fields > Add Custom Field > “Name it: customFieldName” > Save ). Then add the name of your image file to the custom field example: myImage.jpg and finally save the post. I’ve included a simplified bit of code so you can see the major points, the ‘get_post_meta’ and the Limit Post code in action. The point being that they are separate i.e. the image is not within the post copy itself.

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> // The basic Loop, this can be any Loop query
  
  <div class="myPost">

   <div class="postImage">
    <img src="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/wp-content/uploads/<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'customFieldName', $single=true) ?>">

    // The above code provides the full image source without needing to type it into the custom field, all we need here is the file name to finish the link
    // In our example the above link would output as such: <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/myImage.jpg">

   </div>

   <div class="postCopy">
    <?php get_the_content_limit(320, 'read more...'); ?> // The Limit Post only has to deal with the text now
   </div>

  </div>
  
  <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

Gabriel,

Just to be clear: You are inserting images directly into the post itself? If this is the case why not change that and add the images via a custom field, this way the plugin is not working with anything except the content. Let me know what you think of this idea and I will be happy to help if you need it. This is just a thought and there may be a good reason you are not doing this.

Gabriel,

Have you tried using ‘get_the_content_limit’ which strips out HTML from the content? This is the reason I developed the plugin further.

Ernst,

Try using the stripped HTML version: get_the_content_limit.

Yui,

Go ahead and send the theme without the images, just in case.