wp query - custom excerpt is not being shown|Programmer puzzle solving

I am trying to show custom excerpt using the_excerpt(). the full code is as follows:

<div id="content">
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

query_posts(array(
    'post_type' => 'post', // You can add a custom post type if you like
    'paged' => $paged,
    'category_name'    => 'technology',
    'posts_per_page' => 10 // limit of posts
));

if ( have_posts() ){
  $i = 0;
  while ( have_posts() ) :
    $i++;
    the_post();
?>
  <?php if($i%2 == 1){?>
<div class="row">
<?php } ?>


<div class="col-md-6">
  <h3><a class="card-link" href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php  the_field('title_for_excerpt'); ?> </a> </h3>
  <div class="row">
  <div class="col-md-6">
   <?php the_post_thumbnail('full', array('class' => 'rounded featured-image')); ?>
   </div>
   <div class="col-md-6 ">
     <div class="exceprt-container"> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> </div>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>">বিস্তারিত </a>
   </div>
 </div>
</div>
  <?php if($i%2 == 0){?>
  </div>
<?php }
 endwhile;
 if($i%2 == 1){?>
   </div>
<?php }
} ?> <!-- END have-post -->
<?php

But strange is: the excerpt is printing part of the actual content. But I input custom excerpt separately:

Any idea?

I am trying to show custom excerpt using the_excerpt(). the full code is as follows:

<div id="content">
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

query_posts(array(
    'post_type' => 'post', // You can add a custom post type if you like
    'paged' => $paged,
    'category_name'    => 'technology',
    'posts_per_page' => 10 // limit of posts
));

if ( have_posts() ){
  $i = 0;
  while ( have_posts() ) :
    $i++;
    the_post();
?>
  <?php if($i%2 == 1){?>
<div class="row">
<?php } ?>


<div class="col-md-6">
  <h3><a class="card-link" href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php  the_field('title_for_excerpt'); ?> </a> </h3>
  <div class="row">
  <div class="col-md-6">
   <?php the_post_thumbnail('full', array('class' => 'rounded featured-image')); ?>
   </div>
   <div class="col-md-6 ">
     <div class="exceprt-container"> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> </div>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>">বিস্তারিত </a>
   </div>
 </div>
</div>
  <?php if($i%2 == 0){?>
  </div>
<?php }
 endwhile;
 if($i%2 == 1){?>
   </div>
<?php }
} ?> <!-- END have-post -->
<?php

But strange is: the excerpt is printing part of the actual content. But I input custom excerpt separately:

Any idea?

Share Improve this question edited Nov 18, 2018 at 18:18 Brad Holmes 2151 silver badge11 bronze badges asked Nov 18, 2018 at 16:56 Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan 2232 silver badges16 bronze badges

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One thing that can be happening is if you have added a Read more tag in your content it is overriding the manual excerpt. just check and see if you have  tag in your content body. if so remove it.

The next thing is the_excerpt()may use auto generated excerpt. it is said in Wp Codex. what you want to use is the get_the_excerpt() method which will retrieve a set custom excerpt.

<?php if ( has_excerpt() ) : // Only show custom excerpts not autoexcerpts ?>
    <div class="exceprt-container"><?php echo get_the_excerpt(); ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>

See get_the_excerpt() reference here

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