Common problems with WordPress the_content() and their solutions

Solution 1:

You might want to use the WordPress function get_extended()
.

What it does:

1. Returns an array containing the post content split into:

‘main’ → content before the tag

‘extended’ → content after the tag

Example:

<?php
$extended = get_extended( get_the_content() );
echo $extended['main'];      // Content before <!--more-->
echo $extended['extended'];  // Content after <!--more-->
?>

This is useful when you want to separate the excerpt from the remaining post content.

Solution 2:

You can manually split post content using the

<!--more-->

tag:

<?php
$morestring = '<!--more-->';
$explode_content = explode( $morestring, $post->post_content );

$content_before = apply_filters( 'the_content', $explode_content[0] );
$content_after  = apply_filters( 'the_content', $explode_content[1] );
?>

• $content_before contains content before the

  
  <!--more-->
  

  tag.

• $content_after contains content after the tag.

This method is an alternative to using get_extended() and works well when you want more control over content separation.