[Resolved] Woocommerce exerpt removes line breaks

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[Raphael Franchi]

I am trying to:

have the [wpv-post-excerpt] shortcode not to strip off html from the original excerpt, to do this I tried to use both these codes:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-display-paragraphs-in-an-excerpt/

// Rewrite the excerpt settings
// <em><u>hidden link</u></em>
function get_excerpt($text) {
    $text = get_the_content('');
    $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
    $text = str_replace('\]\]\>', ']]>', $text);
    $text = preg_replace('@<script[^>]*?>.*?</script>@si', '', $text);
    $text = strip_tags($text, '<p><a><img>');
    $excerpt_length = 200;
    $words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
    if (count($words)> $excerpt_length) {
            array_pop($words);
            array_push($words, '...');
            $text = implode(' ', $words);
            $text = force_balance_tags( $text );
    }
 
    return $text;
}   
// make new settings work if you are using [wpv-post-excerpt] shortcode of Views plugin
add_shortcode('full-post-excerpt', 'get_excerpt');

This instead of showing the short description shows the page content

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/views-strip-out-html-markup-form-excerpt/#post-9514

// Rewrite the excerpt settings
// <em><u>hidden link</u></em>
function custom_excerpt($text = '') {
    $raw_excerpt = $text;
    if ( '' == $text ) {
        $text = get_the_content('');
                // $text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
        $text = do_shortcode( $text );
        $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
        $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
        $excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55);
        $excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]');
        $text = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
    }
    return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
}
// make new settings work for WordPress
remove_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt'  );
add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'custom_excerpt'  );
 
// make new settings work if you are using [wpv-post-excerpt] shortcode of Views plugin
remove_shortcode('wpv-post-excerpt');
add_shortcode('wpv-post-excerpt', 'get_the_excerpt');

This one does not do anything

Link to my site:

hidden link

I expected to see:

I expect to have the line braks and paragraph in their places

Instead, I got:

What I wrote above.

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Raphael,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Actually we are in a bind here since the wordpress default does not allow for HTML in the excerpt field and it will be stripped out when displaying on the frontend.

Might I suggest a much simpler approach my creating a custom WYSIWYG field in Types and allow this to be your excerpt field. This will allow you to format your texts anyhow you like.

Thanks,
Shane

[Raphael Franchi]

Hi Shane,

sorry to bother u again... many treads from me lately.

What exaclty do you mean by adding a custom WYSIWYG in Types, to what I have to add it?
Should I have created a custom product type, instead of using standard Woocommerce product type?

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Raphael,

No worries we are here to help no matter the issue 🙂

Lets see, what i'm saying is to create a custom WYSIWYG field in Types, this field is similar to the default wordpress editor that would allow you to add your text with the formatting.

I'm suggesting to use a custom field like this instead of using the excerpt field from wordpress which doesn't allow you to add formatting.

Thanks,
Shane

[Raphael Franchi]

Thanks Shane,

yes, that seams to be a good idea.

How do I add, from types this kind of field? And to what I should have to add it?

After I will add it, should I have to copy paste all products excerpt over there?

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Raphael,

To add this field you will go to Types -> Post Field and add a new Post Group for Products.

Here is a more detailed document on how to do this.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-custom-fields/

Thanks,
Shane

[Raphael Franchi]

Hi Shane,

I've added that field from types, WYSIWYG.

I've copied the content of the excerpt field to the newly created field, but still the line breakings are stripped off.

[Raphael Franchi]

You can see this link

hidden link

which has the excerpt filed switched to the new one

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Raphael,

The issue should be resolved now. It was that the content template was set to "Disable Automatic Paragraphs" This means that you will need to manually add p tags, however unchecking this settings allow the automatic paragraphs to be added.

Thanks,
Shane

[Raphael Franchi]

Thx Shane,

sorry I didn't noticed that.

Is there any way to migrate content of a field inside another one?

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Raphael,

Maybe through some custom code its possible but I believe manually would be the way to go since custom coding this would be out of our support scope.

Thanks,
Shane