# Read more tag not visible (ECAE+more)

**URL:** <https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966>\
**Category:** Shapely\
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966 "2018-04-23T09:19:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/snogo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/1 "2018-04-23T09:19:32Z")

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I am using Shapely and the plugin [Easy Custom Auto Excerpt.](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/easy-custom-auto-excerpt/) to limit the amount of words of the excerpts on my site. This works fine. However I also want to add the functionality that I indivdually can add the \<!–more–\> tag (via the post editor) before that.

This actually cuts off the text on the right position however the “read more” link is not visible. Why?

I also added some custom css .more-link definitions without any result. It seems that the link is not displayed/inserted in the theme somehow. Or is it a complication with the mentioned plugin?

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**Author:** ![mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/mikesupport17)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/2 "2018-04-23T09:40:49Z")

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Hello there,

I hope you are doing well today.

That may be the case, please try deactivating the plugin to see if that helps.

Best Regards,  
Support

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**Author:** ![snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/snogo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/3 "2018-04-23T09:51:32Z")

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You are right. Disabling the plugin and the ‘Read More’ link appears. Thanks.  
However I can’t style it with the following.

```auto
.post-content .more-link:hover {
	display: block;
	background: #fff;
}
.post-content .more-link {
	display: block;
	content: "lese weiter";
	background: #fff;
}

.more-link {
	display: block;
	background: #fff;
}

a.more-link {
	content: "lese weiter";
	display: block;
	background: #fff;
}

```

it shows no effect.

and: how I could I limit the posts to a specific amount of letters without a plugin? can you give me a hint how to and where to adjust the code?

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**Author:** ![mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/mikesupport17)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/4 "2018-04-23T12:17:02Z")

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Hello there,

Could you please provide a link to your website so that I can inspect it and see the read more link?

Adding a character limit would require the aid of a third party developer to edit the code in WordPress. You can find one here:

[https://colorlib.com/out/envatostudio](https://colorlib.com/out/envatostudio)

Best Regards,  
Support

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**Author:** ![snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/snogo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/5 "2018-04-23T13:13:37Z")

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Hello there.  
you can find the website [here](http://zaeb.net/wordpress/category/aktuell/). search for “Read more”. only in the second article for which you have to scroll down a bit I used the excerpt with the “read more”-link.

however I can’t style it with custom css. see my trials with the code above (.more-link etc.). what is wrong with it?  
I basically just want to have no background-color and the font in black with the content “lese weiter” and without the arrow and just a little padding to the article

And thanks for the hint for a third party developer. I might give it a chance.

all the best

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**Author:** ![colorlibsupport](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/colorlibsupport/32/1494_2.png) [@colorlibsupport](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/colorlibsupport)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/6 "2018-04-24T06:09:29Z")

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hey there

Please add this CSS&nbsp;in appearance - customize - additional CSS

.post-content .more-link:after {  
visibility: visible;  
content: “lese weiter”;  
display: block;  
width: 140px;  
height: 40px;  
background: black;  
line-height: 34px;  
}

.post-content .more-link {  
visibility: hidden;  
}

Thanks!  
Colorlib Support Team

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**Author:** ![snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@snogo](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/snogo)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/7 "2018-05-31T16:25:36Z")

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works like a charm.

thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![colorlibsupport](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/colorlibsupport/32/1494_2.png) [@colorlibsupport](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/colorlibsupport)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/read-more-tag-not-visible-ecae-more/20966/8 "2018-06-01T04:14:06Z")

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Thank you  
I will close this case now, Feel free to contact us again if you have other questions Thanks!