How to Change the Read More Button Text in Aurora

Aurora does not include a Customizer setting for the Read More button label. To change it, add a filter to your child theme’s functions.php.

Changing the Excerpt Read More Text

WordPress uses the excerpt_more filter to control the text appended to auto-generated excerpts. Add this to your child theme’s functions.php:

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', function() {
    return '... Continue reading';
} );

Replace Continue reading with whatever text you prefer. The read-more class lets you style the link with CSS.

Changing the Manual More Block Text

If you use WordPress’s <!--more--> tag in your posts, the button text is controlled by the the_content_more_link filter:

add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', function( $more_link, $more_link_text ) {
    return str_replace( $more_link_text, 'Continue reading', $more_link );
}, 10, 2 );

Styling the Button

Once you have changed the text, you can style the link using the class you assigned. Add this to Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS or your child theme’s stylesheet:

.read-more {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 6px 14px;
    background-color: var(--button-background-color);
    color: var(--button-text-color);
    border-radius: 3px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 13px;
}