The default symbol for excerpts is going to show as 3 dots “…” and SVG icon contain a link that move the user into the blog post . If you wish to change this, you can use a simple two filters.

We recommend the use of a Child Theme for such customizations. Open up functions.php of your child theme, and add the following at the end of the file:

1- Change The 3 Dots

add_filter( 'dima_blog_read_more_excerpt', 'my_read_more_symbol' );
function my_read_more_symbol( $read_more ) {
	$read_more = "Read more";
	
	return $read_more;
}

2- Change The Read More Icon

This code will change it into “Read More”

add_filter( 'dima_blog_read_more_icon', 'my_read_more_icon' );
function my_read_more_icon( $read_more ) {
	$read_more = '<a class="read-more-icon" href="' . get_post_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '" aria-label="' . esc_html( 'Read More', 'noor' ) . '">' . esc_html( 'Read More', 'noor' ) . '</a>'; return $readmore; 
	
	return $read_more;
}

Replace the “Read more” string with the symbol you prefer.

If you want to change it into another SVG icon lets say arrow Icon:

You can find it here from Google material Icons.

add_filter( 'dima_blog_read_more_icon', 'my_read_more_icon' );
function my_read_more_icon( $read_more ) {
	$read_more = '<a class="read-more-icon" href="' . get_post_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '" aria-label="' . esc_html( 'Read More', 'noor' ) . '">' . dima_get_svg_icon( 'ic_arrow_forward' ) . '</a>'; return $readmore; 
	
	return $read_more;
}

Replace the “ic_arrow_forward” with the SVG icon name from Google material Icons.