has_excerpt( int|WP_Post $post )
Determines whether the post has a custom excerpt.
Description
For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.
Parameters
Return
(bool) True if the post has a custom excerpt, false otherwise.
Source
File: wp-includes/post-template.php
function has_excerpt( $post = 0 ) {
$post = get_post( $post );
return ( ! empty( $post->post_excerpt ) );
}
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.3.0 | Introduced. |
When you need to hide the auto displayed excerpt and only display your post’s excerpts.
if ( ! has_excerpt() ) { echo ''; } else { the_excerpt(); }Test for presence of excerpt in a post.
// Get $post if you're inside a function. global $post; if ( has_excerpt( $post->ID ) ) { // This post has excerpt. } else { // This post has no excerpt. }Replace auto excerpt with text or code.