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Advanced Excerpt Plugin not stripping tags

I'm using the advanced excerpt plugin, because I need various style excepts around my site.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/

Very simple and straight forward implementation.

In the FAQ section it explains that you can remove all tags, and even specified tags. In my admin settings I've set it up so does not include any tags. See this screenshot.

Then on my theme files inside my loops, this is what I added in...



<?php the_advanced_excerpt('length=10&use_words=1&no_custom=1&ellipsis=%26hellip;&read_more=view page&add_link=1'); ?>


The above code was not excluding tags, so I tried this below by adding 'exclude tags'...



<?php the_advanced_excerpt('length=10&use_words=1&no_custom=1&ellipsis=%26hellip;&read_more=view page&add_link=1&exclude_tags=img,p,strong,br'); ?>


and it's still continues to add tags! <p> and <br /> are still appearing in my excerpt.

I thought at first this maybe because I was using wordpress 3.1 - but I've updated the latest update of wordpress of 3.3.1 and it still pulls in tags into my except.

Talk about baking my noodle! Has anyone used this plugin before or had any issues with it?

Can't find an answer anywhere :(

Thanks

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Josh Cranwell | 01/09/12 at 7:15am Edit

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  • avatar
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    01/09/12
    7:21am
    Julio Potier says:

    Hello test this :

    <?php the_advanced_excerpt('length=10&use_words=1&no_custom=1&ellipsis=%26hellip;&read_more=view page&add_link=1&exclude_tags[]=img&exclude_tags[]=p&exclude_tags[]=strong&exclude_tags[]=br'); ?>


    See you soon

    • 01/09/12 7:27am

      Josh Cranwell says:

      Hi Julio,

      Tested you method, the except outputted ok still but still didnt remove any tags. The remove filter ideas below worked ok.

      Thanks

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    01/09/12
    7:21am
    Arnav Joy says:

    try adding this in your functions.php

    remove_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wpautop' );

  • avatar
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    01/09/12
    7:22am
    Manoj Raj says:

    This is the problem with the latest version 4.1.1 of advanced excerpt plugin and a small hack is provided by the plugin author(i think so).. It worked for me at least..

    Add this to your functions.php

    <?php
    remove_all_filters('the_excerpt');

    • 01/09/12 7:29am

      Josh Cranwell says:

      This worked, thanks again Manoj!

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    01/09/12
    7:26am
    Francisco Javier Carazo Gil says:

    Hi Josh,

    You are using a white space into function call. Have you tried change it by "&20".

    • 01/09/12 7:31am

      Josh Cranwell says:

      It was a good thought but still outputted tags. The above filters worked. Thanks

    • 01/09/12 7:31am

      Josh Cranwell says:

      It was a good thought but still outputted tags. The above filters worked. Thanks

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