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Function Reference/get the content

Description

Retrieve the post content. (Must be used in a Loop)

Usage

<?php get_the_content( $more_link_text, $stripteaser ) ?>

Parameters

$more_link_text

(string) (optional) Content for when there is more text.

Default: null

$stripteaser

(boolean) (optional) Strip teaser content before the more text.

Default: false

Return Values

(string)

Examples

Display the post content, ending with "Read more" if needed

<?php
$content = get_the_content('Read more');
print $content;
?>

Notes

Uses: post_password_required()
Uses: get_the_password_form() if post_password_required() fails
Uses: wp_kses_no_null() while processing the tag.
Uses: balanceTags()
Uses: get_permalink()
Uses global: $id
Uses global: $post
Uses global: $more
Uses global: $page
Uses global: $pages
Uses global: $multipage
Uses global: $preview
Uses global: $pagenow

If you use plugins that filter content (add_filter('the_content')), then this will not apply the filters, unless you call it this way (using apply_filters):

<?php apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content( $more_link_text, $stripteaser, $more_file )) ?>

Change Log

Since: 0.71

Source File

get_the_content() is located in wp-includes/post-template.php.

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