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1. rwc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi,

   I'm using WordPress in a manner that requires

   a) a long excerpt (for a "featured post" on the front page and for the "teaser" intro text that displays in single.php to unpaid visitors of the subscriber-based site) ...

   and b) a short excerpt (one, maybe two sentences) that displays with non-featured posts, meaning 99 per cent of posts on the front page, archives and categories.

   My solution at the moment is to use the built in WordPress excerpt for the long excerpt and a custom field for the short excerpt.

   But is there a "cleaner" way to do this?

   Also, is there any way to make a permanent custom field, so it shows up like a regular field for other administrators?

   Thanks!

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi - Your present method sounds OK to me.

   There are two plugins I know of that create data entry panels in the area under the post editor.

   One is called More Fields. Many people really like this. I experienced some bugs with it when I tried it last summer and went with a second one called Custom Field Template. That is working very well for me.

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