When used inside The Loop, this function will get the content of the current post.
If used outside The Loop, you must inform the post you want to get the content from using the optional $post
parameter.
An important difference from the_content()
is that get_the_content()
does not pass the content through the the_content
filter. This means that get_the_content()
will not auto-embed videos or expand shortcodes, among other things.
Source
File: wp-includes/post-template.php
function get_the_content( $more_link_text = null, $strip_teaser = false, $post = null ) {
global $page, $more, $preview, $pages, $multipage;
$_post = get_post( $post );
if ( ! ( $_post instanceof WP_Post ) ) {
return '';
}
// Use the globals if the $post parameter was not specified,
// but only after they have been set up in setup_postdata().
if ( null === $post && did_action( 'the_post' ) ) {
$elements = compact( 'page', 'more', 'preview', 'pages', 'multipage' );
} else {
$elements = generate_postdata( $_post );
}
if ( null === $more_link_text ) {
$more_link_text = sprintf(
'<span aria-label="%1$s">%2$s</span>',
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Post title. */
__( 'Continue reading %s' ),
the_title_attribute(
array(
'echo' => false,
'post' => $_post,
)
)
),
__( '(more…)' )
);
}
$output = '';
$has_teaser = false;
// If post password required and it doesn't match the cookie.
if ( post_password_required( $_post ) ) {
return get_the_password_form( $_post );
}
// If the requested page doesn't exist.
if ( $elements['page'] > count( $elements['pages'] ) ) {
// Give them the highest numbered page that DOES exist.
$elements['page'] = count( $elements['pages'] );
}
$page_no = $elements['page'];
$content = $elements['pages'][ $page_no - 1 ];
if ( preg_match( '/<!--more(.*?)?-->/', $content, $matches ) ) {
if ( has_block( 'more', $content ) ) {
// Remove the core/more block delimiters. They will be left over after $content is split up.
$content = preg_replace( '/<!-- \/?wp:more(.*?) -->/', '', $content );
}
$content = explode( $matches[0], $content, 2 );
if ( ! empty( $matches[1] ) && ! empty( $more_link_text ) ) {
$more_link_text = strip_tags( wp_kses_no_null( trim( $matches[1] ) ) );
}
$has_teaser = true;
} else {
$content = array( $content );
}
if ( false !== strpos( $_post->post_content, '<!--noteaser-->' ) && ( ! $elements['multipage'] || 1 == $elements['page'] ) ) {
$strip_teaser = true;
}
$teaser = $content[0];
if ( $elements['more'] && $strip_teaser && $has_teaser ) {
$teaser = '';
}
$output .= $teaser;
if ( count( $content ) > 1 ) {
if ( $elements['more'] ) {
$output .= '<span id="more-' . $_post->ID . '"></span>' . $content[1];
} else {
if ( ! empty( $more_link_text ) ) {
/**
* Filters the Read More link text.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param string $more_link_element Read More link element.
* @param string $more_link_text Read More text.
*/
$output .= apply_filters( 'the_content_more_link', ' <a href="' . get_permalink( $_post ) . "#more-{$_post->ID}\" class=\"more-link\">$more_link_text</a>", $more_link_text );
}
$output = force_balance_tags( $output );
}
}
return $output;
}