[WordPress] When you want to add "Read More" to all excerpts, regardless of length

new_read_more.php

<?php
// Excerpt Filter this will remove any text added to the excerpt
function new_excerpt_more($more) {
	global $post;
	return '';

}
// This will append the excerpt with additional text, "Read More"
function the_excerpt_always_show_read_more($content) {
	global $post;
   // Only manually add the link if the excerpt was manually written
   // otherwise WP generated excerpts will never trigger
	return $content . '...<br /><strong><a class="learn-more" href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">Read More &rarr;</a></strong>';
}
add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'the_excerpt_always_show_read_more');
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');