keep br tag in the_excerpt for wordpress

Add following code in function.php

function improved_trim_excerpt($text) {
global $post;
if ( ” == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content(”);
$text = apply_filters(‘the_content’, $text);
$text = str_replace(‘\]\]\>’, ‘]]>’, $text);
$text = preg_replace(‘@<script[^>]*?>.*?</script>@si’, ”, $text);
$text = strip_tags($text, ‘<br>’);
$excerpt_length = 20;
$words = explode(‘ ‘, $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
if (count($words)> $excerpt_length) {
array_pop($words);
array_push($words, ‘<br /><strong>Continue Reading</strong>’);
$text = implode(‘ ‘, $words);
}
}
return $text;
}
remove_filter(‘get_the_excerpt’, ‘wp_trim_excerpt’);
add_filter(‘get_the_excerpt’, ‘improved_trim_excerpt’);

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