title: get post excerpt in WordPress
body: <p>I am trying to get this wordpress page template to display an excerpt from a specific post. When the post was created I was sure to insert the  link in the place that I want. I am able to grab the title, the thumbnail, the permalink, etc... but for whatever reason I can not get the excerpt. I have tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>the_excerpt();
  get_the_excerpt();
  the_content('',FALSE);
  get_the_content('', FALSE, '');
  get_the_content('', TRUE);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Among other things. When I try <code>get_the_content('', TRUE)</code> it gives me the content from everything AFTER the  link but I want what is BEFORE the link.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>
  
  <pre><code>   &lt;?php
          $query = 'cat=23&amp;posts_per_page=1';
          $queryObject = new WP_Query($query);
      ?&gt;
  
      &lt;?php if($queryObject-&gt;have_posts()) : ?&gt;
  
          &lt;div&gt;
  
              &lt;?php while($queryObject-&gt;have_posts()) : $queryObject-&gt;the_post() ?&gt;
  
                  &lt;div&gt;
  
                      &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="&lt;?php the_permalink(); ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  
                      &lt;br&gt;
  
                      &lt;?php the_post_thumbnail() ?&gt;
  
                      &lt;?php #the_excerpt(); ?&gt;
  
                      &lt;div&gt;
  
                          &lt;a href="&lt;?php the_permalink(); ?&gt;"&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;
  
                      &lt;/div&gt;
  
                  &lt;/div&gt;
  
              &lt;?php endwhile ?&gt;
  
          &lt;/div&gt;
  
      &lt;?php endif; wp_reset_query();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>?></p>