Independent Publisher 2: Continue Reading button is not displayed if manual excerpt is added to post

[philnick206]

Quick summary

The Continue Reading button is displayed on the homepage when the site is set to display posts on the homepage and only post excerpts (not full posts).

However, the Continue Reading button will not display if a manual excerpt is added to a post.

Steps to reproduce

Per the above settings, add a post with a manual excerpt and observe that the Continue Reading button will not show. Add a post without a manual excerpt and observe that the Continue Reading button will show.

Site owner impact

Between 20% and 60% of the total website/platform users

Severity

Minor

What other impact(s) does this issue have?

No response

If a workaround is available, please outline it here.

Reported in 9353546-zd-a8c

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Simple, Atomic

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Support References

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• 9353546-zen

[kspilarski]

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS

• Tested on Simple – Replicated
• Tested on Atomic – Replicated

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO
I was able to replicate this on both simple and atomic sites. On the site front page with the latest posts, a post will not display the Read More button if the post has an excerpt added into it. But the Read More button will display if there's no excerpt added in the post. I will keep the priority to low.

Simple site:

Atomic site:

📌 ACTIONS

• Triaged

📌 Message to Author
Hello, @philnick206 thanks for reporting! Aside from Independent Publisher 2, what other themes have you tested? Thanks!