[Block] Latest Posts - Excerpt Read More link replaced with unlinked bracketed elipsis on live site

[cuemarie]

Description

With any FSE theme active, the Latest Posts block displays an unlinked [...] in place of the Excerpt "Read More" link on the live site.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Activate an FSE theme such as TT3
2. In a page or post, add the Latest Posts block
3. Enable Post Content > Excerpts, reduce the number of characters enough to see "Read More" links appear in the editor.
4. Save and view site

The Live site shows [...] wherever the editor showed "Read More", and the link is removed.

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

Editor

Live Site

Environment info

• WordPress 6.2
• Gutenberg 15.7.1
• Replicated on themes: Twenty Twenty Three, Twenty Twenty Two, Blank Canvas, Skatepark

Originally reported here: Automattic/wp-calypso#76739

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

Yes

[ramonjd]

I'd class this as a bug as I'd expect the read more links to match.

I naively tried this code in the latest-posts/index.php and it works pretty well.

	$filter_latest_posts_excerpt_more = function( $more ) use ( $attributes ) {
		$use_excerpt = 'excerpt' === $attributes['displayPostContentRadio'];
		return $use_excerpt ? '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="noopener noreferrer">' . __( 'Read more', 'gutenberg' ) . '</a>' : $more;
	};

I think we'd need to make sure there some explicit instruction from the latest block post since some themes might use excerpt_more filter to handle the more link displayed after a trimmed excerpt.

'excerpt' === $attributes['displayPostContentRadio'] should be enough.

Possibly related:

• feat: Option to display Read More link for latest posts block #22372

[annezazu]

I can replicate with GB 15.9.

[ramonjd]

Could folks test this PR out to see if it's a good approach?

• Latest posts: make more link consistent between frontend and editor #51190