Ticket #21041: post-template.diff

wp-includes/post-template.php

@@ -260 +260 @@
                 _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.3' );
 
         global $post;
-        $output = $post->post_excerpt;
         if ( post_password_required($post) ) {
-                $output = __('There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.');
-                return $output;
+                return __( 'There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.' );
         }
 
-        return apply_filters('get_the_excerpt', $output);
+        return apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt );
 }
 
 /**