Question

I want to remove the line break between the paragraph and the “Read more”. It should continue right after the three dots. Within the paragraph. Hope you understand what I mean.

Is it possible to place the link inside the excerpt? Can you fix it with css?

Thanks.

<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 3 );
$lastposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); 
?> 

<h2 class="news"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>


<?php the_excerpt(); ?>  //this returns the paragraph with three dots

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read more</a>  //this should somehow be inside the excerpt


<?php endforeach; ?>

Answer 1

No, but the fix is simple.

Add this line after your foreach():

remove_filter('the_excerpt', 'wpautop');

Now it should stop printing <p> tags.